Endangered Rivers, Roadkill, Oil Sands, American Prairie (Links)

This entry was posted by owl and bear staff on Wednesday, April 8th, 2009 at 4:15 pm.

California’s 2 Longest Rivers Called Nation’s Most Endangered: The Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers have been named the country’s most endangered waterways because of outdated water management and poor flood planning. ‘Bucket Brigades’ Carry Migrating Amphibians Across Busy Roads: The black salamander with yellow spots sat on the roadside in the dark, ready to make a go of it. To Save Animals, Put a Price on Them: Rather than relying on warm, fuzzy feelings to protect animals, conservationists suggest appealing to something more reliable: greed. Investment in Oil Sands Could Threaten Millions of Migratory Birds: An anonymous tip last April alerted Canadian officials to the fact that 500 ducks had mistaken an oil extraction company’s pollutant-filled reservoir as a safe place to land. Only three birds survived. Pennsylvania Has Its First Test Over Access to Records: The PA Department of Environmental Protection was ordered to copy and mail out documents to people who request them, rather than force people to come to its offices in Harrisburg. Prairie in the City: The prairie once covered a million square miles of North America, but one of the least known scraps survives, in all places, within the city limits of St Louis, Missouri. Traffic Pollution Can Harm Babies in the Womb: Researchers believe restricted fetal growth may be linked to traffic pollution or living close to a major road.