Gizmodo: Biden Administration Cancels Remaining Fossil Fuel Leases in Alaska’s Arctic Refuge https://gizmodo.com/biden-cancels-fossil-fuel-leases-alaska-arctic-refuge-1850815015 #environmentalpolicyofthejoebidenadministration #environmentalimpactofthepetroleumindustry #arcticrefugedrillingcontroversy #nationalpetroleumreservealaska #arcticnationalwildliferefuge #centerforbiologicaldiversity #presidencyofjoebiden #environmentofalaska #kristenmonsell #willowproject #mikedunleavy #environment
#environmentalpolicyofthejoebidenadministration #environmentalimpactofthepetroleumindustry #arcticrefugedrillingcontroversy #nationalpetroleumreservealaska #arcticnationalwildliferefuge #centerforbiologicaldiversity #presidencyofjoebiden #environmentofalaska #kristenmonsell #willowproject #mikedunleavy #environment
1,869 acres have been designated as critical habitat for the #endangered #MiamiTigerBeetle under the #EndangeredSpeciesAct. The beetle lives in some of the few #PineRocklands that still exist in #MiamiDadeCounty, and there are heavy development pressures on such areas, despite them containing a variety of #EndangeredSpecies.
Here's #CenterForBiologicalDiversity's press release about it: https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/nearly-2000-acres-of-critical-habitat-protected-for-endangered-miami-tiger-beetle-2023-05-22/
#Miami #SouthFlorida #insects #beetles #conservation #ProtectedAreas #biodiversity
#endangered #miamitigerbeetle #endangeredspeciesact #pinerocklands #miamidadecounty #endangeredspecies #centerforbiologicaldiversity #miami #southflorida #insects #beetles #conservation #protectedareas #biodiversity
The #MiamiTigerBeetle will have #CriticalHabitat finalized and The #BractedTwistflower will be listed as a #ThreatenedSpecies (with critical habitat designated) under the #EndangeredSpeciesAct, the #CenterForBiologicalDiversity announced.
The #Miami #TigerBeetle lives in the #PineRocklands of very urbanized #SouthFlorida in #MiamiDadeCounty, while the bracted twistflower is found in #UvaldeCounty, #BexarCounty, #MedinaCounty, and #TravisCounty in #Texas, roughly coinciding with the #I35Corridor.
#plants #wildflowers #beetles #insects #Florida #SouthTexas #UrbanSprawl #ESA #EndangeredSpecies #USFWS
#miamitigerbeetle #criticalhabitat #bractedtwistflower #threatenedspecies #endangeredspeciesact #centerforbiologicaldiversity #Miami #tigerbeetle #pinerocklands #southflorida #miamidadecounty #uvaldecounty #bexarcounty #medinacounty #traviscounty #texas #i35corridor #plants #wildflowers #beetles #insects #florida #southtexas #urbanSprawl #esa #endangeredspecies #USFWS
In the #lawsuit filed last year, the #CenterForBiologicalDiversity alleged the agency #failed to establish a plan to #protect the #whales from #deadly #entanglements in sablefish pot gear. In a December 2021 permit, #NOAA authorized "the incidental, but not intentional" take, or catch, of listed or #protected #MarineMammal #species in the #Washington , #Oregon & #California #sablefish pot fishery.
#lawsuit #centerforbiologicaldiversity #failed #protect #whales #deadly #entanglements #noaa #protected #marinemammal #species #washington #oregon #california #sablefish
The #CenterForBiologicalDiversity today petitioned the #USA #FishAndWildlifeService to #protect a #rare #desert #wildflower under the #EndangeredSpeciesAct .
The white-margined #penstemon (#PenstemonAlbomarginatus) grows in four distinct population centers: Clark & Nye counties in #Nevada ; #SanBernardino County in #California ; and #Arizona ’s #Mohave County.
#centerforbiologicaldiversity #usa #fishandwildlifeservice #protect #rare #desert #wildflower #endangeredspeciesact #penstemon #penstemonalbomarginatus #nevada #sanbernardino #california #arizona #mohave #biodiversity #conservation #plants #atrisk #environmental
Via @Hredman, #CenterForBiologicalDiversity, #FriendsOfWisconsinWolf&Wildlife & other conservation & wildlife groups petition U.S. #ForestService to ban hunting with hounds in Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest.
https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2023/01/23/groups-petition-u-s-forest-service-to-ban-hound-hunting-in-chequamegon-nicolet-national-forest/
#centerforbiologicaldiversity #friendsofwisconsinwolf #forestservice