Fish and Wildlife Service issued a new proposal to protect critical habitat for the federally and state-protected Peirson's milk-vetch, as mandated by federal court. The new proposal identifies 16,108 acres of land in the Algodones Dunes as habitat necessary for the survival and recovery of the rare plant, representing a 25-percent reduction from the current critical habitat designation. Last year, a federal court judge found that the Service had ignored the recovery goal and the...

Old and broken electronics such as computers, laptops, printers and faxes can be left at recycling depots for free, instead of being dumped in landfills. Three firms will handle the recycling, salvaging usable metal and plastic parts and disposing of hazardous materials safely. Privacy will be the consumer's responsibility, Harvey said, advising people to "delete the hard drives before bringing it in for recycling. People can bring in their old equipment to one of 70 recycling depots...

We are disappointed that the House opted against adopting several measures offered on the floor to increase conservation funding. We urge the Senate to secure the funding increases necessary to provide the full suite of conservation programs to farmers and ranchers who wish to improve their stewardship practices and to protect and enhance wildlife habitat on their land. Defenders of Wildlife Urges Congress to Fully Fund Conservation Policies Supported By the House. Washington, DC--The...

If it grows up and its no longer open spacetheres lots of different wildlife that thrives best when they have some open area, including elkif it grows up, its no longer as good a wildlife habitat for many critters out there. The grants will also pay for conservation education and hunter safety programs in Dodge County. The grants will also pay for conservation education and hunter safety programs in Dodge County. Money will also go toward mowing 66 acres and hand cutting 30 acres of trees...

Dr Vanaja Ramprasad, a gutsy lady who had dedicated her life to saving biodiversity believes that unless small farmers are saved from the onslaught of global pressures and indigenous crops revived, we are looking at a bleak future. A nutritionist by training, Dr Vanaja has dedicated herself to the cause of empowering the custodians of our biodiversity, the food producers of our country the small farmers from the backward regions. But what belies the seeming ordinariness is the...

A shortage of recycling centers is frustrating many Santa Cruz, Live Oak and Scotts Valley residents, who complain they often wait hours in long lines with unsavory characters, or end up driving across the county in search of a place to get money back for their empty beverage containers. A shortage of recycling centers is frustrating many Santa Cruz, Live Oak and Scotts Valley residents, who complain they often wait hours in long lines with unsavory characters, or end up driving across the...

No one can say for certain, however, whether this will happen, despite growing concern about pollution, global warming and water quality. QUEEN'S PARK Change is good: Grey is being deemed the new black and environmental issues have supplanted health-care concerns as the most pressing issue on the minds of Ontario voters. The new poll, commissioned by a coalition of 13 environmental organizations, shows profound support for their ideas - so much so that Rick Smith, executive director of...

power plants on carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxide (NOx) and mercury pollution is now available online at http://www.dirtykilowatts.org. The "Dirty Kilowatts" report also ranks the worst power plants on the basis of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide and mercury, looking at all four pollutants both in terms of total tons of emissions and also emission rate (pounds per megawatt-hour of electricity produced) The "Dirty Kilowatts" report also ranks the worst power plants on the...

There are people who want changes in what people recycle, and others who would like the program removed all together. Mixed paper makes up 34 percent of paper that ends up in recycle bins. Newspapers make up more than half, or 55 percent, recyclable material put in bins. What is not recycled ends up in a landfill. He takes the bins' contents and sorts it into compartments in his truck. For example, a newspaper can become gravel for cat's litter box. Customers pay for the recycling service....