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Bald Eagle, Yellowstone Grizzly Bear and Western Great Lake Wolf off Endangered Species List

Some animals can say that they’ve had a good year thus far. Others? Not so much.While the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is contemplating adding polar bears to the federal list of threatened and endangered species, the bald eagle , the Yellowstone population of grizzly bears and the western Great Lakes population of gray wolves are on their way off, the Service has announced over the course of the last several months.The bald eagle, after nearly disappearing from the 48 inland states of the country following World War II, is flourishing once again. Its population has climbed from a low of 417 nesting pairs in 1963 to a new estimated high of 9,789 in 2007Though off the endangered species list, it will continue to be strongly protected by federal law under a series of actions designed to govern management of eagles, a June 1 press release said.“After years of careful study, public comment and planning, the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are confident in...

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  1. Endangered Species Act Sparks Battle

    The Endangered Species Act has left Native Americans and environmentalists on one side and farmers and ranch families on the other.

  2. Exotic mini-zoo seized from Singapore flat

    More than 30 wild animals, including pythons, tortoises, a slow loris and a marmoset have been seized from a flat in Singapore in the city's largest such haul of ban...

  3. Government Using Endangered Species Act Against Oil Industry?

    FBN’s Gerri Willis on why the government should work for U.S. energy independence, not against it.

  4. Group Sues Interior Department Over Endangered Species List Decisions

    A conservation group sued the Interior Department on Thursday seeking documents about decisions on endangered species the group alleges were tainted by political pre...

  5. Feds to Take Bears Off Endangered List

    Grizzly bears in areas surrounding Yellowstone National Park would be removed from the endangered species list under a proposal to be announced next week, officials ...

  6. Critics Say Obama Lagging on Endangered Species

    WASHINGTON -- Environmental groups are criticizing the Obama administration for what they say is a continuing backlog of plants and animals in need of protection und...

  7. Federal government lists 2 ice seals as threatened

    Two types of ice seals joined polar bears Friday on the list of species threatened by the loss of sea ice, which scientists say reached record low levels this year d...

  8. Wyoming could put grizzlies in the crosshairs

    The governor of Wyoming wants the feds to take grizzly bears off their endangered list, a move that could open the door to hunting the fearsome animals, which have b...

  9. Bear Necessities?

    Governor of Alaska wants polar bears off the endangered species list so he can drill for oil

  10. Federal judge sets deadline for gov't to explain polar bear's listing as 'threatened' species

    A federal judge has given the Interior Department a Dec. 23 deadline to explain why polar bears were listed in 2008 as a "threatened" species instead of the more-pro...

  11. Alaska to Challenge Polar Bear Endangered Species Listing

    Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says the state will challenge the listing of polar bears as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act on Wednesday.

  12. Bald Eagle to Be Taken Off Threatened Species List

    The  American bald eagle ( search ) — the national symbol whose decline helped spur the Endangered Species Act and a ban on the pesticide DDT — will be off the threa...

  1. Bluefin tuna escapes endangered species list

    The bluefin tuna has escaped being placed on the endangered species list, but the majestic fish prized by sushi lovers will be listed as a "species of concern" by th...

  2. The Endangered Species Act Out of Control

    Is a salmon born in a hatchery a different species from the same salmon born in the wild?It is hard to believe, but recent Federal court rulings are claiming that ot...

  3. Eye-Catching Parrot Species May Make Endangered Species List

    The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is a step closer to adding four macaw species to the "endangered" list, the agency announced Friday (July 6).The birds — the great...

  4. Report: Endangered Species Act Has Failed

    The Endangered Species Act ( search ) has failed to help most threatened and endangered species, according to a report released Tuesday by a Republican lawmaker who ...

  5. House Panel OKs Rewrite of Endangered Species Act

    A House committee on Thursday approved a sweeping rewrite of the Endangered Species Act ( search ) that hands major new rights to property owners while limiting the ...

  6. Polar bears remain on endangered species list

    Peter Johnson, Jr. weighs in

  7. Ice Seals Get Endangered Species Protection

    Six groups of seals threatened by shrinking sea ice are gaining new protections under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Ad...

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