"Policy On High-Risk Biological Research Tightened"
"The Obama administration has announced a new policy to handle the risks posed by legitimate biological research that could, in the wrong hands, threaten the public."
Source: NPR, 03/30/2012
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"New Wind Farm Guidelines Split Bird Conservation Community"
"The Department of the Interior [Friday] released voluntary guidelines aimed at helping wind energy project developers avoid and minimize impacts of land-based wind projects on wildlife, particularly birds."
Source: ENS, 03/28/2012
"Scotts Miracle-Gro Pleads Guilty to Breaking Federal Pesticide Law"
"COLUMBUS -- Ohio lawn and garden care company Scotts Miracle-Gro has pleaded guilty to breaching federal pesticide laws by using an unapproved insecticide on bird seed sold nationwide for two years."
Source: ENS, 03/15/2012
"Proposed Wildlife Policy Change Draws Fire"
"Dozens of conservation groups and nearly 100 scientists voiced opposition on Thursday to an Obama administration proposal they say would make it much harder for imperiled creatures to qualify for protection under the Endangered Species Act."
Source: Reuters, 03/13/2012
"H5N1 Bird Flu Infection May Be More Common, Less Deadly, Than Thought"
"Mount Sinai School of Medicine virologists find signs of infection in 1-2% of blood samples screened, but most people didn't seek or need treatment."
Source: LA Times, 02/24/2012
"Bird Flu Study Publication Gets Go-Ahead After Security Check"
"Bird flu experts meeting in Geneva ruled that controversial research on a mutant form of the virus potentially capable of being spread among humans should be made public."
Source: AFP, 02/20/2012
"Scientists Call Moratorium on Study of Deadly Bird Flu"
"In an almost unheard-of move, scientists who study the deadly H5N1 bird flu announced a 60-day voluntary moratorium on studying the virus to allow time 'to clearly explain the benefits of this important research and the measures taken to minimize its possible risks.'"
Source: LA Times, 01/23/2012
"Minnesota Eagles Fall Prey To Lead From Hunters' Bullets"
"Christmas Eve anglers on the Mississippi River were stunned as Bill Doms paddled past them with a bald eagle perched on his kayak. But the bird's odd placement wasn't a stunt. It was sign that something was very wrong."
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune, 01/16/2012
"Biosecurity Board Asked To Review Bird Flu Research"
"Federal officials have asked a biosecurity scientist panel to broadly review bird flu transmission research for public health concerns."
Source: USA TODAY, 01/12/2012
"Texas Drought Threatens Whooping Cranes as Food Dwindles"
"The devastating drought in Texas is raising worries that the parched conditions could harm the only self-sustaining flock of whooping cranes left in the wild.
The lack of rain has made estuaries and marshlands too salty for blue crabs to thrive and destroyed a usually plentiful supply of wolfberries, two foods that the cranes usually devour during their annual migration to the Texas Gulf Coast. The high-protein diet is supposed to sustain North America's tallest bird through the winter and prepare it for the nesting season in Canada.
Source: AP, 01/12/2012
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