 |
 |
          |
The following article appeared on National Geographic News:
Headline: "U.S. Abusing Law to Get Species Off Protected List?"
Date: March 25, 2008
"Columbian white-tailed deer in Oregon, grizzly bears in Yellowstone National Park, and now gray wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains are just three species protected by U.S. law for decades that have been delisted in recent years. Critics say the federal government is placing these and other animals in peril by improperly using a little-known provision of the act that classifies groups as distinct population segments (DPSs)...."
To see this recommendation, click on the link below or cut and paste it into a Web browser:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/03/080325-species-list.html
- “From 'Magic City' To Paper Tiger? Once a Jewel in the Maine Wilderness, Millinocket Is Struggling to Hang On”
- “For Vermont Dairy Farms, a Livelihood Soured; Falling Prices and Demand Take Heavy Toll”
- “A Fogged Window to Faith; Pilgrims See Vision Of Mary at Hospital”
- “Down on the Farm, An Up Trend for Women; Female-Run Operations Are Rare Growth Area”
- “Blacks Seek to Expand Comfort Zone in Boston; In City With a Sketchy Racial Past, Young Professionals Party With a Purpose to Erase Boundaries”
- “Drug Is Making Deadly Inroads In New England; Once Rare, Heroin Hits Rural Areas Hard”
- “Would-Be Shoe Bomber Gets Life Term; Al Qaeda Member Shouts at Judge”
- “Many Layers To Building A Super Soldier; MIT Project Seeks to Outfit Fighter With Nanotechnology”
- “After One Cardinal Resigns, Catholics Ask: Who's Next?; Other Bishops Under Scrutiny for Handling Sex Abuse Cases”
- “Boston's Cardinal Resigns Over Sex Abuse Scandal”
- “For Gay Couples, Civil Unions Tougher To Undo Than Create; State Law Requires Partners' Return to Vt.”
- “A Martha's Vineyard Care Package; Island Devises Novel Plan to Provide Health Insurance for Low-Income Residents”
- “Windmills on the Water Create Storm on Cape Cod; Concerns About Environment, Tourism Fuel Mass. Debate”
- “Seventeen an Awkward Age, N.H. Juvenile Justice Finds; In Reversal, State Moves to Raise Criminal Adulthood to 18”
- “Airport Security Revamp In the Works in Boston; Roving Pattern-Recognition Teams Proposed”
- “Shaken but Unharmed, Mass. School Says, 'The System Worked'”
- “'Everything Seemed Normal When They Left' Boston Airport”
- “At Logan Airport, Nobody Saw Plane's Sharp Turn South”
- Lawn Today, Lunch Tomorrow; 'True Army Worm' Infestation Is Plaguing Homeowners, Farmers by Devouring Crops and Back Yards in Only Days
- “A Historian's Embellished Life; Joseph Ellis Took Meticulous Care With Facts -- Except His Own Story”
- “The Great Wedding Gown Grab; At Filene's Basement, A Bridal Free-for-All”
- “In Massachusetts, Science Gives New Life to Art; Artists Forsake Studios For Labs Where They Manipulate Organisms”
- “Same-Sex Couples Take Vows as Law Takes Effect; Across Vermont, Dozens Celebrate Civil Union”
- “6 Massachusetts Firefighters Honored; 30,000 Mourners Led by Clinton Pay Tribute to Men Killed in Fire”
- “In Maine, a Stew Over Plan To Override Salmon Policy; U.S. Agencies Say State Effort to Save Fish Is Failing”
- “'We Commit Their Elements'; Ashes of JFK Jr., Bessettes Scattered Near Crash Site; Kennedy, Bessettes Given Shipboard Rites”
- “Candidate's Life: Bullets and Batter to Bread and Butter; Jacqueline Bevins Knew the Gun WasLoaded and Voters Still Forgave Her”
- “A Nantucket Hermit Is Pulled From His Shell; Discovery of Subterranean Home May End Man's Quest for Serenity and a Simple Life”
- “Au Pair Gets Life Term; Teenager Must Serve at Least 15 Years”
- “Mass. Jury Finds Au Pair Guilty In Baby's Death; English Teenager Faces Life For Second-Degree Murder”
- "And Now, Something New To Worry About: Dengue Fever"
- "Brock Reeve: He hopes to change culture of institute"
- "Virtual explorers comb Egypt’s ruins”
- "Brain Power"
- “Empty seats, full hearts: Flight 800 victims missed at Pa. school”
- “Section of TWA cockpit located; 'Critical' step in investigation”
- “Officials give conflicting reports on Flight 800”
- “Pataki draws families' ire with report of body sightings”
- “Victims are mourned from coast to coast”
- “TWA search turns up large object; Rough waters hampers effort”
- “A village transformed; community extends itself as crisis center for crash”
- “Crash search widens: Experts talk of bomb; Clinton warns against rush to judgment”
- “An ad takes up a love let down: A memory laid to rest; Lost love returns to haunt man after 44-year marriage to another”
- “Eye on the needle: Study shows exchange program may be slowing spread of HIV”
- “10,000 cases, and AIDS endures: As the epidemic reaches a milestone, awareness and indifference grow”
- "His find could be a chocolate lover's dream"
- “Number of arrests among girls on the rise”
- “Grand jury to investigate scope of gangs in Broward”
- “The midwife option”
- “Midwives reach for the mainstream”
- “Doctors, midwives share common goals but problems remain”
- “A new trend in family planning: Young women of limited means have tubes tied”
- “A mother seeks one less worry”
- “Fertility control can empower today’s women”
- “Medical marijuana pain sufferers who smoke for relief want to end stigma of breaking law”
- “Teen violence jolts idyllic Coral Springs”
- “Violent gangs thrive on suburban turf”
- “Broward gangs moving into suburbs”
- “For rebounding West Perrine, storm is a detour”
- “Hurricane shattered center’s routine; Disabled grope to understand changes”
- “Faithful assemble in grateful prayer for lives spared”
- “Storm deals cruel blow to historic craft”
- “Makeshift hospitals tending to wounded”
- “Alluring entrances pitch ‘community’”
- “A baby’s lost life; an unwinnable battle”
- “Readers grapple with the issue”
- “Relative: ‘It’s bigger than they can handle’”
- “The door opens after years of dispute; Black Hebrews find salvation in a truce with Israeli government”
- "Recruiting Teachers: Try m-o-n-e-y"
- "Rent Control: The morning after"
- "Reverse Discrimination: In high schools, too" [HighBeam Research]
- "Locke and Load"
- "Front Page Women: Boston's New Breed of Gal Reporters"
- "The LOpht"
- Food and exploration on a Vineyard getaway
- "Back to the Nest"
- "Brain Power"
- "Live Long and Prosper"
- "Balancing Act"
National Geographic News
- "U.S. Abusing Law to Get Species Off Protected List?"
- "A Flexible, 9-Ft. Whale Tooth With Super-Sensing Power?"
This Old House Magazine
- "Restoring a Legacy"
Frontline
Nature Network News
- "When the brain goes under: Researchers look at what happens in the brain during general anesthesia"
- "Taking the needles out of TB vaccination: A Cambridge nonprofit is developing an inhaled form of the tuberculosis vaccine for the developing world"
The Connection
- Is Biodefense the Best Defense?
- Shock and Awe -- Two Years Out
- Composer Paul Moravec
- The Testing Business
- Workers of the World Divided
- Under Fire at Harvard
- The Intelligent Choice?
- Testing the Definition of a Terrorist
- Rewriting the Rules of the Workplace
- New Thinking about the Brain
- The Middle East: Taking Sides
On Point