Environmental issues

Yahoo! News Search Results for conservation

• Overfishing prompts Brazil sardine conservation curbs (UPI)
  RIO DE JANEIRO, March 9 (UPI) -- Overfishing is threatening to decimate Brazil's seafood resource and the latest danger concerns the country's sardine catch, which has led officials to speed up plans for conservation of the species.
• NM governor signs bill for conservation easements (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
  A new law will allow the state to acquire conservation easements from farmers, ranchers and other landowners to ensure that the property is not developed.
• Rezoning application raises conservation fears (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
  A Darwin resident has raised concerns about the rezoning of Aboriginal land in her neighbourhood from conservation to light industrial.
• Conservation group praises grouse listing (Jackson Hole News & Guide)
  Protecting sage grouse protects hunting, agriculture and other traditional economies that are essential to the Western way of life, according to a Sublette County conservation group focused on energy development...
• Brazil conservation program protects sardines (Calcutta News)
  The Brazilian government has ordered the implementation of a sardine conservation awareness program.
• Conservation district sells seedlings, nesting boxes (The Ithaca Journal)
  The deadline for ordering tree and shrub seedlings from the Tioga County Soil and Water Conservation District is March 31.