Milk, water, wind, wolves, light bulbs

brought to you by Sasha Paris  

College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine.  

Human Ecology in Action.

"In a world with less and less room for conservation, the continuing challenge is not to seek single solutions, but rather to seek partnerships that promote conservation as a competitive form of land use."--N. Leader-Williams.


Once again, gray wolves were removed from the US Endangered species list in much of their range. (Los Angeles Times)
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-na-wolves7-2009mar07,0,853373.story

Drought, farming, water consumption and endangered-species protected collided in California. (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_11819991

Congress reintroduced a bill that would ban "industries" (notably mountaintop-removal coal mining) from filling waterways with solid waste (Charleston Gazette)
http://blogs.wvgazette.com/coaltattoo/2009/03/05/its-back-the-clean-water-protection-act/

The Indian government began a program to replace incandescent light bulbs with CFLs. (OneWorld US and Greenpeace International)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/oneworld/20090304/wl_oneworld/world3606721236138619

New York Times
Obama suspended Bush's eleventh-hour rule that federal industry agencies need not consult federal scientists about projects which could impact endangered species.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/04/science/earth/04species.html?ref=science

Successful opposition to a dam in Japan may signal a changing trend in politics there.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/03/world/asia/03dam.html?_r=1&ref=science

UK Guardian
Seabed-destructive fishing may get banned on deep-water reefs off of the southeastern US.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/mar/05/florida-reef-ecosystem-government-protection

Plans in western China to build reservoirs for, and wisely use, water from rapidly-melting glaciers.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/mar/02/china-glacier-reservoir-water

Bangor News
Recession-driven drops in demand are hurting Maine's organic dairy industry.
http://bangornews.com/detail/100620.html

Report-out from the Maine Fishermen's Forum. [I went to this last year, and everyone interested in fisheries or marine conservation should go at least once. It's an awesome event.]
http://bangornews.com/detail/101033.html

Another Washington County wind farm proposal was approved by the state, though not some [many, it seems] other people.
http://bangornews.com/detail/100847.html