Will the long-term threat of global warming change how we manage forests where the immediate threat of losing our homes to wildfire hasn't? Strangely, it might. Our view: You d think the threat to homes and lives would be enough, but forest thinning has newly recognized benefits as a tool to slow global warming. The result? While environmental hurdles now often slow thinning, in the future the upside for both the planet and the neighbors might align to speed fire-prevention work. You might...

But recognition is growing that such ships are major sources of air pollution as they cross the globe with massive engines burning highly polluting fuel. There s also an effort by Los Angeles and Long Beach to reduce port air pollution by replacing or retrofitting about 16,000 trucks that move cargo in and out of their terminals. Large vessels are among the fastest-growing sources of air pollution. But beyond that, the region s air quality is good enough not to justify the sort of ship...

Wildlife experts have long warned that poaching and encroachment on the big cats' habitat had savaged their population, which a century ago was believed to number in the tens of thousands. The population in tiger reserves and protected areas has changed marginally, but in unprotected forests it has sharply declined because of the degradation of habitat and other factors, the study said. NEW DELHI India's wild tiger population is roughly half of what it was estimated to be five years ago, a...

Courtesy The Center for Hazardous Substance Research The Indigenous Peoples Organization initiated the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program project in 2004, following a report that some Arctic indigenous communities are among the most exposed populations to persistent toxic substances. Courtesy The Center for Hazardous Substance Research The Indigenous Peoples Organization initiated the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program project in 2004, following a report that some Arctic...

Welcome to www.dailyrecord.com - Updates - Legislation upsets NJ hunters, anglers Advertisement. The bill would change both the composition and the mission of the state's Fish and Game Council, in ways that would deprive sportsmen of control over the council and, at the very least, shift its emphasis away from hunting and toward "nonlethal" means of animal control. Welcome to www.dailyrecord.com - Updates - Legislation upsets NJ hunters, anglers Advertisement. The bill would change both...

By Karen Dandurant kdandurant@seacoastonline.com November 05, 2007 6:00 AM RYE Nature's Wonders an outdoor, nature-based classroom for preschool children and their parents was recently declared a Certified Wildlife Habitat by the National Wildlife Federation. By Karen Dandurant kdandurant@seacoastonline.com November 05, 2007 6:00 AM RYE Nature's Wonders an outdoor, nature-based classroom for preschool children and their parents was recently declared a Certified Wildlife Habitat by the...

EAST BROOKFIELD A $416,000 state Self-Help grant, announced yesterday by the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental affairs, will protect a keystone parcel in the town s Open Space plan 118 acres of prime woodland and wildlife habitat on Howe Street. EAST BROOKFIELD A $416,000 state Self-Help grant, announced yesterday by the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental affairs, will protect a keystone parcel in the town s Open Space plan 118 acres of prime woodland and wildlife...

And CBS stuck to the game, avoiding focusing on the coaches, fans and the usual diversions designed to keep viewers from noticing how much dead air there is during the average football game. CBS did engage in a little hype during its early games with a graphic that showed how many minutes were left until the big game. Although Nantz and Simms tossed around words like remarkable, history and greatest, they didn't approach the game like carnival barkers. But, like fish and birds, it didn't...

and set some political fires beneath the feet of legislators, fish and wildlife commissioners and Congressmen and Congresswomen. Loomis, godfather of the high-tech, graphite fishing rod industry, is the organizer and head cheerleader behind the wildfire-appearance in the Pacific Northwest of the Coastal Conservation Association, a 30-year-old Texas-based organization founded to help curb the commercial fishing that nearly destroyed redfish and speckled trout sport fisheries off Texas....