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Maple Syrup Threatened By Climate Change
2014-05-07 17:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Warm and irregular weather in the heart of sugar maple country is destroying the flavor of maple syrup, and its cutting down on yields--two years ago, production dropped dramatically due to a warmer year, and this year, farmers are resorting to using vacuum tubing to suck sap out of the trees in order to access every last drop. When we think of maple syrup, we usually picture farmers stomping out in the snowy woods, checking buckets that slowly fill from taps inserted into the trunks of sugar...
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What it Means to be a Threatened Species
2014-05-02 15:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Most people know what it means to be a threatened species--its something thats rare and may become extinct. What isnt often explained is how we know something is threatened and who decides whether a species is threatened or not. Read almost any article about species in peril and there will be some reference to the level of threat faced by that species. Words like Vulnerable, Endangered, and Critically Endangered are usually mentioned without any real explanation of where these categories come...
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Windsor Station future threatened by new development
2014-04-07 15:21:10| Railroads - Topix.net
Cadillac Fairview is planning nine new skyscrapers over the next 15 years for the area surrounding Windsor Station.
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Fish and Wildlife Service Lists Lesser Prairie-Chicken As Threatened
2014-04-02 04:27:00| Beef
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decides to list the lesser prairie chicken as endangered, though a special rule establishes unprecedented conservation partnership with states to provide regulatory certainty for landowners and businesses. It also enables states to maintain the lead management for conservation efforts. read more
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U.S. lists lesser prairie chicken as threatened, energy groups wary
2014-03-27 23:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Obama administration on Thursday listed the lesser prairie chicken, a small grassland bird native to parts of the country's oil and gas belt, as "threatened," a move that could draw the ire of some Western lawmakers and energy producers. "The lesser prairie chicken is in dire straits," said U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service director Dan Ashe, citing a "rapid and severe decline" in the species' population. Energy companies worried that some oil and gas fields could become off-limits to drilling...
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