Alan Gregory's Conservation News

Edward Abbey: A voice in the wilderness

Alan Gregory — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:08:44 +0000

Be sure and turn your speakers on before opening this video link. Great show.

Calif. delta group blasts canal plan as ‘Brown legacy, green disaster’

Alan Gregory — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:45:37 +0000

Hah. This is a great read. So, take it in and then ponder the future, especially that of the fish and wildlife of the “delta” region.

Pythons in Everglades: An invasive species horror story

Alan Gregory — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:28:25 +0000

Everywhere one looks these days there are at least a half-dozen invasive species at work – mostly plants. It’s a byproduct of the human push to conquer the land. Read about how one animal invasive is taking a toll in this article.

Greater sage grouse headed toward ESA listing

Alan Gregory — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:38:18 +0000

There is no way around the species being listed eventually under the Endangered Species Act. More and more quality habitat is degraded or lost entirely to oil and gas drilling, sprawl development, roading, etc., making a listing inevitable, in my estimation. This article explores the trouble, albeit in a manner favorable to the exploitation crowd.

Some ranchers in S.D. seek to control prairie dogs

Alan Gregory — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:07:49 +0000

And by “control,” they mean “kill.” Many obstinate humans just can’t seem to grasp the notion that wildlife do not pay heed to human-created political boundary lines, like the border between a national park and privately owned ranch land next to it. And that goes a long ways toward explaining why so many wildlife species, like the prairie dog, are in population trouble. It isn’t rocket science. This article explores the latest “debate,” this time in South Dakota. I’d bet that this article was spurred along by a prairie dog-hating rancher.

Carl Hiaasen and fishing and conservation

Alan Gregory — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:21:47 +0000

I love Carl Hiaasen’s work, both his novels and the regular Sunday column he delivers through the Miami Herald nearly ever week. Here is a great interview of Hiaasen.

Romney: The flip-flop candidate on climate, energy

Alan Gregory — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:56:31 +0000

The headline-seeking GOPer candidate likes to accuse others of flip-flopping on the issue of the day, but Meester Romney himself has an enviable record of taking such flip-flopping on the nation’s energy future and climate change. Read about the flip-flopper here.

Is its ‘raw land’ or part of our natural legacy?

Alan Gregory — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:02:55 +0000

That’s sort of the theme of my latest newspaper column, which you can read by clicking on this link.

BP feared Gulf oil spill of 3.4 million gallons a day

Alan Gregory — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:50:56 +0000

That’s what company officials feared, according to the texts of e-mails analyzed by the NY Times and described in this article. So, when should we expect another big spill? Actually, the thousands upon thousands of small spills from American motor vehicles alone equals a helluva lot of spilled petroleum.

Resoring the Mississippi Delta is a must, op-ed writer says

Alan Gregory — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:55:27 +0000

And the author of this op-ed piece makes a solid argument in favor of restoration and where to put the dollars coming from the BP spill settlement. In any case, it is past time to begin undoing the damage the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers did with its network of levees that robbed the now-dying delta marshes of the silt they need.