Alan Gregory’s Conservation News

Wind industry faces ‘prairie rebellion’

November 6, 2009 · Leave a Comment

As this NY Times article explains.

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Boar hits Prius on N.H. highway

November 5, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Geez, I see white-tailed deer carcasses all the time while traversing Pennsylvania highways. Here’s a different roadkill story.

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37 pythons taken in Fla. hunt

November 5, 2009 · Leave a Comment

This is good news for wildlife officials hoping to stem the ongoing incursion into Florida of a major invasive species.

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Officials confirm cougar sighting in Michigan’s UP

November 5, 2009 · Leave a Comment

This is a neat story

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Tree-hugger at play

November 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Today’s bumpa-sticka slogan goes well with this pix of DSC01472the author at play at a national wildlife refuge.

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Quote of the day

November 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment

“And, Congresswoman,” he added, “if you believe that the reason I have been working on this issue for 30 years is because of greed, you don’t know me” - Former vice president, senator and Vietnam-era military journalist Al Gore in his testimony to a House committee in April

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Dear Sarah: Keep up the great writing

November 2, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Here’s another delicious outing from the Miami Herald columnist Carl Hiaasen.

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Why walk when you can drive?

October 31, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Here’s a good answer, thanks to a New York City resident’s essay in in today’s NY Times.

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Money appropriated for bat research

October 30, 2009 · Leave a Comment

And one too soon, as Sen. Patrick Leahy notes in this newspaper article from Burlington, Vt.

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EPA vows to step up Clean Water Act enforcement

October 29, 2009 · Leave a Comment

About time. Goodbye Dick and Dubya.

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