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The Giant Palouse Earthworm Can't be Found -- Yet it's Dividing the Palousenew

Jodi Johnson-Maynard will firmly tell you is that the giant Palouse earthworm -- a pale white worm that can grow three feet long -- exists. She'll also tell you that its numbers are plummeting and that it has only been found four times in the last 100 years. She just can't tell you how to find it.
The Inlander  |  Leah Sottile  |  11-24-2009  |  Environment

Is Your Best Furry Friend a Major Culprit in Global Warming?new

Pet lovers shouldn't look down on SUV owners. Feeding your four-legged companion requires as much land and energy as running a car.
NOW Magazine  |  Wayne Roberts  |  11-23-2009  |  Environment

Advocates Hope That With Incentives, Someone Will Save the Prairie Dogsnew

Though prairie dogs are in contention for federal listing as a threatened or endangered species, Crawford worries this group could soon die under heavy equipment when the Milton E. Proby Parkway is built.
Colorado Springs Independent  |  Anthony Lane  |  08-27-2009  |  Environment

Tribe Lays Groundwork for Condor's Return to Redwood Countrynew

Under orders from its elders, California's largest Native American tribe, the Yurok, is working to bring back one of redwood country's long-lost inhabitants -- prey-go-neesh, the endangered California condor.
North Coast Journal  |  Heidi Walters  |  07-16-2009  |  Environment

Sensitive Species Butt Heads with Energy Needs in the Battle for Idaho Sagebrushnew

As the energy development race heats up, it's heading for a face-to-fuzzy-tail confrontation with two high desert species on the fast track to federal protection: sage grouse and pygmy rabbits.
Boise Weekly  |  Deanna Darr  |  06-03-2009  |  Environment

Preservation Push Off of Mexico's Coastnew

Off the coast of Mexico, government agencies and citizens fight to save an endangered porpoise.
Tucson Weekly  |  Irene Messina  |  01-15-2009  |  Environment

South Carolina's Other Immigration Problem: Non-Native Plants and Animalsnew

Plant and animal species migrate naturally, and competition is the crux of evolutionary theory. But the globalization of shipping and travel have thrown things off balance, dropping hardy species like the emerging threat of cogongrass into situations where they're able to out-compete everything else for resources.
Charleston City Paper  |  Stratton Lawrence  |  06-11-2008  |  Environment

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