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Ark. officials confirm avian flu in Scott Co. bird

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:04:25 -0400

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas - A chicken in Scott County is confirmed with avian influenza and state officials have quarantined poultry within a 6.2-mile radius around the infected bird's farm.

Man pleads guilty to smuggling snakes on planes

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:46:34 -0400

TYLER, Texas - Samuel L. Jackson would have been cursing up a storm.

APNewsBreak: Conn. chimp attack victim to appeal

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:06:19 -0400

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut - A woman disfigured by a friend's pet chimpanzee in 2009 plans to appeal a decision denying her permission to sue the state for $150 million on her claim that officials knew the chimp was dangerous but didn't do anything about it, her attorney told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

$3500 reward in fatal poisoning of 2 bald eagles

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:53:51 -0400

NEW ORLEANS - Federal investigators say someone poisoned and killed two bald eagles in Thibodaux.

Biologist says Iowa's pheasant numbers likely down

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:31:04 -0400

DES MOINES, Iowa - A Department of Natural Resources biologist says Iowa's pheasant population likely will decline this year because of the cool and wet spring.

Pa. man charged with illegally killing black bear

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:01:39 -0400

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania - A northeastern Pennsylvania man has been charged with illegally killing a black bear.

Tenn. agency traps hogs with text message system

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:17:35 -0400

NASHVILLE, Tennessee - How many wildlife agents does it take to catch a wild hog? Only one - under a new remote system used by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.

USGS: Asian carp eggs can incubate in more areas

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:13:06 -0400

CHICAGO - Two species of invasive Asian carp may be able to spawn in more Great Lakes tributaries than previously thought, according to a U.S. Geological Survey report on Tuesday.

Nebraska habitat estimate cut for endangered bug

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:57:13 -0400

LINCOLN, Nebraska - A federal agency has proposed a nearly 50 percent cut in the Nebraska land the agency says is needed to support the endangered Salt Creek tiger beetle.

Beavers make good progress after Willard Bay leak

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:58:13 -0400

OGDEN, Utah - The owner of a Utah wildlife rehabilitation center says six beavers are making good progress after being recovered amid a fuel spill in March.

Lawsuits filed against Calif.'s Delta Plan

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:35:14 -0400

FRESNO, California - Several opposing groups have filed lawsuits against a broad, long-range plan to manage the ailing Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta that was adopted in May.

Environmental group sues feds over Idaho water

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:50:16 -0400

BOISE, Idaho - An environmental group is suing federal water and wildlife agencies, contending that the agencies have long delayed taking the steps needed to protect Idaho's water quality.

Rabid bat found in Hall County home

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:31:59 -0400

GAINESVILLE, Georgia - A rabies alert has been issued in part of Hall County after a rabid bat was found inside of a house in Gainesville.

Should jeeps be allowed in parts of the preserve?

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:53:29 -0400

PHOENIX - The McDowell Sonoran Preserve is the jewel of Scottsdale, 43 square miles of pristine desert set aside for the sake of its own beauty.

Quivira hunting proposal worries conservationists

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:49:37 -0400

STAFFORD, Kansas - Conservationists are raising concerns that a proposal to expand hunting at the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge in south-central Kansas could threaten whooping cranes that migrate through there, while refuge managers contend the federally endangered birds would be protected.

Search continues for 2 missing N Fla. boaters

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:41:39 -0400

HORSESHOE BEACH, Florida - A search continues for two north Florida men who went missing in the Gulf of Mexico.

Ecologists keep eye on waterways after flooding

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:48:29 -0400

KOKOMO, Indiana - In town, floods are a mess. All of the roadside litter gets swept up and channeled into flood areas, where it snags and looks disgusting. Flood waters, laden with raw sewage from combined sewer outfalls, gets into walls and flooring, creating a stench.

Monarch enthusiasts in Pa. expect fewer sightings

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:08:40 -0400

SOMERSET, Pennsylvania - A suspended, striped body curls into a J-shape and shimmies violently, wriggling itself into pastel green-and-yellow coating and shaking off all its caterpillar parts except its little red heart.

More peregrine falcons released in western SD

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:47:46 -0400

RAPID CITY, South Dakota - Four young peregrine falcons have been released in Rapid City as part of an effort to re-establish a population of the birds in western South Dakota's Black Hills.

Conservation group hosting Neb. bird watching tour

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:05:04 -0400

TEKAMAH, Nebraska - A conservation group is sponsoring a guided bird watching tour and habitat presentation at Summit Lake in Tekamah.

Texas tortoise dealing with drought, other dangers

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:50:11 -0400

BROWNSVILLE, Texas - The only tortoise species native to Texas is facing various challenges, including drought conditions, disease and speeding motorists.

Groups offer reward for info on missing grizzly

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:38:06 -0400

BOISE, Idaho - Two conservation groups are offering to pay $6,500 in reward for information leading to the arrest and a conviction in the case of a grizzly bear killed near the Idaho-Montana border last fall.

Report: Assaults increase on rangers, park police

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 12:20:09 -0400

WASHINGTON - Park rangers, wildlife refuge workers and U.S. Park Police experienced more assaults and threats from visitors last year than in 2011, according to a group that represents federal resource workers.

2007 law discouraging non-NC trash getting review

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 09:35:24 -0400

RALEIGH, North Carolina - In 2007, the General Assembly passed tougher rules for new landfills, giving eastern North Carolina community activists worried about out-of-state trash getting shipped to their counties a victory over the waste industry.

8 men get prison time for poaching bears

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:28:18 -0400

RALEIGH, North Carolina - A federal magistrate sentenced eight men to prison for poaching bears and deer and other illegal hunting activities in national forests in North Carolina and Georgia.