Ecology News

OTTAWA, Sept. 22 /CNW Telbec/ - Billions of migratory birds leave Canada each fall after breeding ... On September 24, 1905, James Henry Fleming placed a band on the foot of an American Robin in his backyard in Toronto, Ontario, in the hopes of discovering where it went for the winter.

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PC&E; committee to meet Friday in LR The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission and its Regulations Committee will meet Friday at the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality's Building G ...2.7

Common Ground student Latevia Bunch works with pumpkins in the school's garden. The high school focuses teaching through sustainable ecology.

Pollution, habitat destruction, disease threaten important species Scientists at an international summit agreed to an action plan intended to save hundreds of frogs, salamanders and other amphibians facing ...2.7

Plastic cash By now you've probably heard the warnings about credit-card debt a bazillion times - if you're not already drowning in it.

She went to investigate the local ecology. Yet during her field work on East Java, Dutch biologist Ansje Lohr became increasingly involved with the local residents, whose harvests failed and whose health was ...

Prairie burn A controlled fire is used to restore prairie land at Boot Lake Nature Preserve.2.7

Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries Inc. , a private company in northeastern Alberta owned by Mitsubishi Corporation and Oji Paper Co.2.7

What do Lyme disease, SARS and HIV have in common? They are all zoonotic diseases - ' a scientific term for diseases of animals that can be transmitted to humans.2.7

Two ordinances that will determine both the long- and short-term prospects for growth in North Bend are set to be approved by the City Council next week.2.7

THE OLYMPIAN Changes in the rules on development in the county's "critical areas" have hundreds of residents worrying about their property, and critics calling the proposed changes the most restrictive in the ...2.7

East Bay residents came out in droves for Sunday's Solano Stroll, the annual street festival, many came carrying their old computers, monitors and mercury thermometers for recycling.2.7

Timber harvest in Cabinets put on hold Posted on Sept. 15 By the Associated Press HELENA - An environmental review of a proposed timber harvest in the Kootenai National Forest did not adequately address ...4.2

Making war on phragmites and other flora that take no prisoners by Carrie Steele It's not a glamour job, tromping through the marsh in hip-waders and canvas jumpsuit to slash through thick, endless clumps of ...2.9

A Seattle-based environmental watchdog group is challenging a waste-water discharge permit issued by the Department of Ecology to Nichols Brothers Boat Builders Inc.

An international conference on developing the world's oceans opened Wednesday in the Russian Far East, the Russian Academy of Sciences announced.2.7

The Sonoma Ecology Center is hosting Creek Clean Up Day in Sonoma Valley on Saturday, Sept.2.7

Divers and salvage crews yesterday raised the last boat that sank in a fire that destroyed 50 boats at the Harborview Marina in Gig Harbor on Aug.2.7

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Acting Sofia Mayor Minko Gerdzhikov showed off personal example by throwing away separately various types of garbage into the new ecology-friendly garbage bins placed across the capital city.2.7

Date: Sept. 9, 2005 Contact: Lt. Christine Fern Department of Ecology Caitlin Cormier The Coast Guard is monitoring the tow of a 350-foot timber barge that separated from the tug Sea Commander in severe weather ...2.7

Md. Saeedur Rahman Interventions into river for day-to-day need are as old as history.2.7

The 11th annual fall seminar series from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Center for Grassland Studies will feature faculty and guest lecturers on topics ranging from the effects of climate on grasses to ...3.1

The Mkomazi Game Reserve in northern Tanzania is of great biological significance, representing species and ecosystems not commonly found elsewhere in East Africa.2.7

San Juan County Commissioner Kevin Ranker and Lopez Island fisherman Nick Jones are among the 15 people appointed to the Governor's newly-created citizens' oil spill advisory council.2.7

Dr. Les Watling of the Darling Marine Center, Walpole, professor of oceanography at the University of Maine, is the chief scientist currently aboard the NOAA research vessel Ronald H. Brown off Georges Bank ...2.9

A crowd of 50 guests leans in to examine the finely patterned wings of a gorgeous black and violet butterfly.2.7

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game has drawn up a list of the dozens of creatures native to the state that are threatened with extinction due to human disturbance and vanishing habitat.3.1

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The Oregon State University Extension Service has published a new book, "Ecology and Management of Eastern Oregon Forests: A Comprehensive Manual for Forest Managers." The forests of eastern Oregon are diverse, ...2.7

Russia's Audit Chamber intends to control effectiveness of natural resources management in Russia, the chamber's chairman Sergei Stepashin said in the Russian capital Tuesday.2.9