wildlife habitat

Feds outline plan to nurse Great Lakes to health

Newsvine - business  Sat, 02/20/2010 - 23:07

The Obama administration has developed a five-year blueprint for rescuing the Great Lakes, a sprawling ecosystem plagued by toxic contamination, shrinking wildlife habitat and invasive species.


 

3 million acres taken out of conservation program

Newsvine - business  Wed, 11/04/2009 - 02:33

Millions of acres of farmland are being released from a federal conservation program and could soon be tilled.

That's raising concerns about loss of wildlife habitat, soil erosion and water quality.


 

In search of wildlife-friendly biofuels

http://www.eurekalert.org/rss/business.xml  Wed, 09/30/2009 - 22:00

(Michigan Technological University) One of the unintended consequences of crop-based biofuels may be the loss of wildlife habitat, particularly the birds who call this country's grasslands home.