Sentences with phrase «as endangered species»

H.R. 2603, «Saving America's Endangered Species Act» or the «SAVES Act (Rep. Louie Gohmert), requires that nonnative species in the United States shall not be treated as endangered species or threatened species — Reported on a 22 - 16 vote.

It's particularly under siege in the District of Columbia, but the product of black families — of these so oftentimes single black families, broken families — are black males — black females, but particularly the black males, as we've now come to know them as endangered species.

As the Endangered Species Act nears its 40th birthday at the end of December, conservation biologists are coming to terms with a danger not foreseen in the early 1970s: global climate change Federal fisheries scientists have published a special section in this month's issue of Conservation Biology that outlines some considerations for coming decades.

The Tasmanian devil has been listed as an endangered species.

The BBC also pointed out that the stock of East Atlantic bluefin tuna has fallen so quickly that there is a possibility of it being listed as an endangered species; the southern bluefin tuna is currently listed as critically endangered.

When new quota levels for bluefin tuna were set last November, amid political wrangling, were described as being a «mockery of science», ignoring the evidence that the the East Atlantic bluefin tuna populations were falling so quickly that they could soon be listed as an endangered species.

Listed as an endangered species in 1966, manatees have long had an uneasy coexistence with the increasing number of commercial and recreational boats that have invaded their habitats.

At the same time, more than 140 public - interest groups representing millions of Americans also sent a letter to Interior today urging that polar bears be protected as an endangered species.

Taylor's Checkerspot butterflies are listed as an endangered species in their native Washington State, so when thousands of them took up residence on Joint Base Lewis McChord near Tacoma, the insects earned the support of one of the most deep - pocketed agencies on Earth: the US Department of Defense.

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin drew on the work of at least six climate skeptics, most funded by ExxonMobil, to try to stop polar bears being protected as an endangered species, the Guardian can disclose.

The CBD is the environmental legal outfit that sued the USA to list the polar bear and Emperor as endangered species due CO2 warming.

Peter defined himself as an endangered species: the commercial urban farmer.

Their local government has recently conceded that it has secured the most it is likely to get from the developer of 26 industrial wind turbines and the province in order to protect the residents, the delicate waterway, the roads and other infrastructure as well as the endangered species that reside there.

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.

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.

Salazar has said he wants to revisit Bush - era regulations that open much of the West to oil shale development, the delisting of the gray wolf as an endangered species, and a rule that allows federal agencies to avoid consulting scientists on whether the Endangered Species Act applies to certain projects.

PRIPP also threatened to sue the US Government for listing the polar bear as an endangered species.

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

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.

As far as endangered species go, it's mostly bad news, with the occasional positive story.

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.

Artist Statement «With the goal of celebrating the wolf and protecting them as an endangered species in mind, I have created \ «No Evil \».

Rock stars as endangered species?

The other is one I picked up at Good Will that was invented by someone locally and apparently shopped around to game companies unsuccessfully - it's a collaborative game where you and your fellow game players strive to prevent environmental disasters such as endangered species, melting polar ice caps, and oil spills.

The Jabiru has a wingspan of 10 - 12 feet and is listed as an endangered species.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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 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.

I actually see agents as an endangered species.

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.

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

Despite the animal's remarkable endurance, the tadpole shrimp is currently listed 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.

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.

By Chris Clarke, KCET With the recent declines in numbers of monarch butterflies leading to the popular insect becoming a candidate for listing as an endangered species, more and more gardeners are thinking about growing milkweed.

There are only about 15,000 Tasmanian devils left on the planet and these marsupial carnivores endemic to Australian island Tasmania is considered as endangered species.

In 2008 the Center for Biological Diversity petitioned to list 32 Washington, Oregon and Northern California mollusks as endangered species.

The Center for Biological Diversity and allies petitioned to list this albatross as an endangered species in 2004.

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.

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

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

Humpback whales, which have long been listed as an endangered species in East and West Australia, are making a comeback.

Seeking a truce in a battle that has pitted a showy, pointy - tailed bird against virtually every industry of the western United States, federal officials today said they would implement a plan to protect the greater sage grouse without listing it as an endangered species.

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.

The red wolf was listed as an endangered species in 1973, initiating a captive breeding program by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

THE iconic snow leopard might no longer be classed as an endangered species, if some scientists have their way.