conservation groups

Groups: Repeal La law against TED enforcement

Outdoor Recreation News  Mon, 02/06/2012 - 19:32

Twenty-six conservation groups say Louisiana should repeal a 24-year-old law forbidding state wildlife agents to enforce a federal law requiring trap-doors for turtles in shrimp nets.


 

Groups Challenge Logging In SD, WY National Forest Nov. 7

Outdoor Recreation News  Mon, 11/07/2011 - 23:49

Four conservation groups are suing the U.S. Forest Service over what they call "extreme levels" of logging in the Black Hills National Forest of southwest South Dakota and northeast Wyoming.


 

Governmenta s green policies slammed

Outdoor Recreation News  Thu, 10/13/2011 - 19:55

The Wildlife and Countryside Link says just two of the promises in the Government's coalition agreement have been met The Government is failing to deliver on most of its commitments to help wildlife and the countryside, a coalition of leading conservation groups has said.


 

Conservationists ask court to stop Ore. wolf kill

Outdoor Recreation News  Thu, 10/06/2011 - 10:11

Conservation groups are seeking a court order to stop the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife from shooting two of the state's 14 wolves for killing livestock.


 

Groups ask appeals court to restore wolf pr...

Outdoor Recreation News  Tue, 08/09/2011 - 03:34

Conservation groups asked an appeals court on Monday to strike down a move by Congress to strip more than 1,500 wolves in Idaho and Montana of federal endangered species protections.


 

Obama chided for new forest rules

Outdoor Recreation News  Tue, 05/17/2011 - 08:25

Obama chided for new forest rules Critics complain that administration plan abandons science Comments The Obama administration's proposed new rules for protecting clean water and wildlife on the United States' nearly 200 million acres of national forests goes against the president's pledge to let science be the guide, conservation groups and two ...


 

Conservation groups oppose artist's plan for river

Outdoor Recreation News  Thu, 05/05/2011 - 23:30

Sportsmen and conservation groups are asking the Colorado Wildlife Commission to issue a resolution opposing the artist Christo's proposal to suspend huge sheets of fabric over parts of the Arkansas River between Canon City and Salida .


 

Judge blocks deal on protections for wolves

Outdoor Recreation News  Sat, 04/09/2011 - 20:08

A federal judge has denied a proposed settlement agreement between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and 10 conservation groups that would have lifted endangered species protections for wolves in Montana and Idaho.U.S.

District Judge Donald Molloy in Missoula on Saturday rejected the agreement that could have led to public hunting of some 1,300 ...


 

Conservation Groups Try To Stop Wolf Kill Order

Outdoor Recreation News  Thu, 07/01/2010 - 22:22

Conservation groups are trying to stop federal wildlife agents from carrying out a state kill order on a pair wolves in northeastern Oregon that are blamed for killing cattle.


 

4/6/2010 - Coalition helps groups seek Great Lakes funding

Outdoor Recreation News  Tue, 04/06/2010 - 21:37

An environmental coalition has started a program to help local conservation groups take part in the Obama administration's Great Lakes restoration initiative.