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Whitebark Pine: An unlikely tree in the spotlight

September 24, 2009

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
climatechange, endangeredspecies, endangeredspeciesact, ESA, globalwarming, grizzlybears, northernrockies, whitebarkpine, wyoming

Last year I had a chance to wander into the Wind River region of Wyoming with journalists, academics, and NRDC experts interested in getting to the bottom of the climate catastrophe that is unfolding in the region's whitebark pine...continued

Snotty Tunnels of Love: Tidewater gobies deserve protected territory

April 15, 2009

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
california, endangeredspecies, endangeredspeciesact, ESA, fish, fishandwildlifeservice, losangeles, sandiego, sanfranciso, tidewatergoby

Sometimes the little critters we overlook are also some of the most amazing... This week NRDC renews a long-standing fight over a somewhat blah-looking little fish called the tidewater goby. Despite its drab appearance, the quirky swimmer exemplifies why the...continued

Wyoming Wolves: frustration on all sides…and one guy with serious guts

March 30, 2009

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
casperstartribune, delisting, dicksadler, endangeredspecies, northernrockies, wolf, wolves, wyoming

It takes some serious guts for a public figure to challenge the anti-wolf lobby in Wyoming. And with the imminent release of the Department of Interior's new wolf rules that remove endangered species protections from the packs in Montana and...continued

Department of Interior: Tonight polar bears and the Endangered Species Act sleep with the fishes…

December 12, 2008

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
endangeredspecies, endangeredspeciesact, ESA, godfather, polarbears

I am still recovering from yesterday, which felt a bit like the inevitable scene at the end of every Godfather movie when everyone gets gunned down at once. The big news came down with the announcement of the Department of...continued

Dana Perino: Meet that big bird on your boss’s seal…

November 21, 2008

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
baldeagle, danaperino, ddt, endangeredspecies, endangeredspeciesact, ESA, wolves

We expected the Bush administration's 11th hour Endangered Species Act rule changes to hit the federal register this morning. They did not. But we did get some classic stuff from the White House when Press Secretary Dana Perino had this odd exchange...continued

Parting Shots: Bush administration’s 11th hour wildlife assault

October 29, 2008

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
bushadministration, endangeredspecies, endangeredspeciesact, ESA, northernrockies, polarbears, publiccomment, wildlife, wolves, yellowstone

Well, you have to give them credit for persistence... The Bush administration has had a string of defeats on wildlife issues lately. But they keep trying. And trying. And trying. They lose on polar bears in Alaska, so they go...continued

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Josh Mogerman
Senior Media Associate
Chicago
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