Sentences with phrase «as an endangered species»

Close to 17,000 plants and animals are currently listed as endangered species.

This disappearing ice is the very reason polar bears are now listed as an endangered species.

The scope of the problem is so large, both geographically and in terms of the sheer number of cats, that a triage approach is needed to protect the most vulnerable wildlife populations, such as endangered species on islands.

The State of Alaska's submission to the Fish & Wildlife Service (on whether the bears should be listed as an endangered species on global warming) was peppered with references to the efforts by a series of well - known climate sceptics funded by the fossil fuel industry.

Four island fox subspecies were federally protected as an endangered species in 2004, and efforts to rebuild fox populations and restore the ecosystems of the Channel Islands are being undertaken.

Polar bears should be seen as endanger species.

A variety of sunflower found in some Southern states and two other rare plants were designated on Friday as endangered species by the U.S. federal government.

Others accused Interior of delaying its listing of the polar bear as an endangered species until after business deals had been done in Alaska.

June 30, 2010 — A Center settlement with the Fish and Wildlife Service required the agency to respond by July 31, 2010 to our August 2009 petition asking for recognition of the Mexican gray wolf as an endangered species separate from gray wolves in the rest of the country.

Voted against prohibiting federal funds to be used for listing the Mexican wolf as an endangered species;

Given that the president in 2014 publicly castigated Iceland for its continuing slaughter of fin whales despite their international status as an endangered species, it's hard to interpret the shipment as anything other than thumbing the nose at the United States.

Nothing in the Energy Policy Act changes the requirements of environmental laws such as the Endangered Species Act, the National Historic Preservation Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Clean Air Act.

Or it also may be, as with chimpanzees (now classified as an endangered species), the possible annihilation of the species altogether.

Bristol Tenn. (Reuters)- A variety of sunflower found in some Southern states and two other rare plants were designated on Friday as endangered species by the U.S. federal government.

In Britain, for instance, conservation groups are staging a nationwide survey this winter to establish whether it should be classed as an endangered species.

I have a journalism degree technically, but I have three times as many science credits in environmental biology, physical science, and work as an endangered species biologist for the US Forest Service and others.

Both are not currently considered as endangered species on a global scale however they do fall under the near threatened category in IUCN's red list.

H.R. 2603, the «Saving America's Endangered Species Act», (Rep. Louie Gohmert), provides that nonnative species in the United States not be treated as endangered species or threatened species; and

The demise of Bombus dahlbomii is so severe that it is now recognized in Chile and internationally as an endangered species.»

Alaskan scientists aren't the only ones who have noticed: Climate change activists have already adopted the walrus's cause, and the U.S. Interior Department is now deciding whether to list the walrus as endangered species.

Idaho wants to control the burgeoning wolves because the animals, though ranked as an endangered species, may have begun to make a dent in the elk population within the Frank and also in some of the cattle herds outside.

He cites the Indian bullfrog, which was slaughtered for its meat and also used widely in dissections until 1991, when it was listed as an endangered species under the Indian Wildlife Protection Act.

She has helped transform a once sleepy rehabilitation facility into a vibrant, globally recognized science and conservation center and become a presidentially appointed adviser to policymakers, weighing in on thorny issues such as endangered species management.

Wild card: McCain and Palin sat on opposite sides of the ice floe when it came to deciding whether the polar bear should be listed as an endangered species earlier this year.

Without it, we will continue to have legislation such as the Endangered Species Bill introduced.

In June of 2007, after researchers measured 10,000 nesting pairs — up from 417 in 1963 — the eagle was officially delisted as an endangered species.

In 2009 the Center for Biological Diversity petitioned to list 42 springsnails as endangered species, including the duckwater pyrg, Big Warm Spring pyrg and Moapa pebblesnail.

The Center for Biological Diversity and allies petitioned to list the Mono Basin sage grouse as an endangered species in 2005.

The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned to list the fisher as an endangered species in 2000.

The Black - footed Ferret has been listed as an endangered species since 1967; more than a half century of misguided predator control campaigns and efforts to eradicate prairie dogs from farm and ranch land decimated the population.

I actually see agents as an endangered species.

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In my opinion - uneducated as it may be - there is no reason to kill a feral cat, even if it lives in the same territory as an endangered species.

The federal government listed the brown pelican as an endangered species in 1970, the state of California listed it as endangered in 1971, and DDT was eventually banned in 1972.

The fox population on Santa Cruz Island has more than tripled since the island fox was listed as an endangered species just three years ago.

Estero Bay is home to a huge variety of wildlife such as Dolphins and Manatees, as well as endangered species including Kemps Ridley, leatherback, green and hawksbill turtles, and Loggerhead sea turtles (southwest Floridas most common).

Two animal rights groups have asked the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list the Anacapa deer mouse as an endangered species and immediately halt a rat eradication program underway on Anacapa Island.

Rock stars as endangered species?

I hope the Polar Bear is listed as an endangered species simply to ensure it is protected from us.

There are 15 references to Sharks in Canadian legislation, including the Species at Risk Act listing the White and Basking sharks as endangered species.

And, of course, after decades trying to protect wildlife from oil spills and other calamities, we must avert our eyes as windmills annually massacre millions of birds, many of them supposedly protected as endangered species.

Federal court gives the Bush administration two weeks to decide whether to list polar bears as an endangered species

August 3, 2010 — In response to our petition and lawsuit, the Fish and Wildlife Service determined that the Mexican gray wolf might qualify for listing as an endangered species separate from other wolves.