Sentences with phrase «wildlife agency says»
The state's wildlife agency says the frequency of unprovoked bites — currently about seven a year — has been increasing about 3 percent each year.
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A state Department of Environmental Conservation spokesman confirmed that porcupines aren't protected wildlife but said the agency doesn't condone wanton killing of animals.
The study, published today in the online journal PeerJ, will be available to federal and state wildlife agencies for their consideration to determine whether distinct geographic population segments of the coastal marten warrant state or federal listing as threatened or endangered, said Katie Moriarty, a certified wildlife biologist and lead co-author on the study.
«We hope that this study and similar ones will help wildlife managers and government agencies to anticipate where conservation measures to protect the region's unique primates, such as the mountain and Grauer's gorillas, birds, reptiles, and other unique species will be most effective,» said Sam Ayebare of WCS Uganda and lead author of the paper.
«The predator - removal mind - set is deeply ingrained in many people, including those at these agencies,» says Bethany Cotton, attorney and wildlife program director at WildEarth Guardians, another advocacy group that challenges federal wildlife agencies over alleged lapses.
«Political sway is a big problem for wildlife agencies,» says Lance Fisher, a professional fisherman and fishing guide based in Portland, Ore. «You would find better ecological balance if the experts at these agencies were left alone to do their jobs, but that's not how it goes down.»
«It's an unprecedented engagement that happened with private landowners and with state agencies to make sure that bird was not listed,» says Land Tawney, president of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, a Montana - based group that advocates for public lands access and wildlife protections.
Government agencies need to know where to put in place education efforts,» said coauthor Cecily Costello, a research wildlife biologist at Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks in Kalispell.
«We started this because state and federal agencies, such as the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, and the U.S. Geological Survey, were interested in the effects of habitat change on nongame species of wildlife,» she says.
«Together we can save the endangered wildlife of Central Asia», says Sabir Atadjanov, Director of the State Agency for Environmental Protection and Forestry under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic and host of the workshop.
«Unfortunately, it appears that the agency caved to pressure from snake breeders in its decision not to restrict trade in the boa constrictor — a snake that is clearly damaging to U.S. wildlife,» Collette Adkins, an attorney and biologist at the center focusing on the protection of reptiles and amphibians, said in a statement.
Jim Murphy, senior counsel for the National Wildlife Federation, said of the E.P.A.'s letter, «The Environmental Protection Agency's letter shows that despite multiple tries, the State Department is incapable of doing a proper analysis of the climate, wildlife, clean water, safety and other impacts of this disastrous and unneeded project.»
EPA officials said their agency is «acting under the law and using the best science available to protect water quality, wildlife and Appalachian communities who rely on clean waters for drinking, fishing and swimming.»