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#endangered-species

Wednesday, May 24, 2023 by Ava Garderet
The Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan (BCCP) Coordinating Committee heard an update from Travis County on May 12 about the plans for a new visitor center at the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve (BCP).Kimberlee Harvey, the committee's secretary, delivered the update, which was initially created by Melinda Mallia, director of the county's Natural Resources and Environmental Quality Division.

Imagine this: August has come, and with it an exciting and long-overdue pennant race for Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout and all the Angels.You could watch the games on MLB Network, which provides baseball programming all day, then airs the Angels in the Los Angeles market, including an Angels pregame show and postgame show.

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With record-breaking storms wreaking havoc throughout the state, even rabbits need rescuing.For months, a team from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has navigated the Central Valley looking to rescue from rising floodwaters stranded riparian brush rabbits, a small, brown and white creature listed as an endangered species.

The fight to preserve Bell Bowl Prairie in Rockford, where federally endangered rusty patched bumblebees have been found, ramped up this week, with environmentalists saying they intend to return to federal court.The Natural Land Institute, a nonprofit that opposes the Chicago Rockford International Airport's plan to build a road through the heart of Bell Bowl, said their lawyers had sent a letter to local, state and federal agencies informing them of plans to file a lawsuit alleging violations of the Endangered Species Act.

How much do eagles love Illinois?The state, with its many rivers, has the second largest winter population of bald eagles in the country, according to Forest Preserve District of Will County program coordinator Jess McQuown."The only state that does better than us is Alaska, which I think is fair," McQuown said with a chuckle.

State Rep. Jim Durkin is an endangered species - a socially moderate, fiscally conservative gentleman who plays well with others.Now, the reasonable dad of the Illinois Republican Party has had enough, post-election.He picked up his keys, and he is going for a drive.As his wife, I am happy for him and beyond proud.

Wildlife protection agents inspect a fishing vessel working within the protected area of the vaquita and totoaba, in the Sea of Cortez (Baja California), in 2017.SEMAR (Cuartoscuro) The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) sanctioned Mexico on Monday for not doing enough to protect the vaquita marina porpoise, the most endangered marine animal in the world.

Animal rights lobby group PETA has threatened the Ministry of Defence (MoD) with legal action in a row over replacing the King's Guards' bearskin caps with a faux fur alternative.It claims the MoD has failed to properly consider a synthetic replacement it developed with the faux furrier ECOPEL, warning it could pursue a judicial review on the grounds of unlawful conduct in a bid to make it do so.

Sign up for CNN's Wonder Theory science newsletter.Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more.Scientists have created mice with two biologically male parents for the first time a significant milestone in reproductive biology.The team, led by Katsuhiko Hayashi, a professor of genome biology at Osaka University in Japan, generated eggs from the skin cells of male mice that, when implanted in female mice, went on to produce healthy pups, according to research published March 15 in the peer-reviewed journal Nature.

There's so much bad news about global heating and the extinction of wildlife, that it can be difficult to communicate the subject in a way that penetrates the collective fatigue.But occasionally, a creative idea can stand out, and this is one that's still getting attention online years after it was devised.

A n adorable pygmy hippo has been welcomed as the latest resident at London Zoo.Amara, a two-year-old female, was chauffeured 400 miles from Edinburgh Zoo to the capital on Thursday, 9 February.She has been met with a warm welcome by her 26-year-old partner Thug.The pair were matched with each other through the European Breeding Programme (EEP) for endangered species.

Along the wayHe walked that day,Watching shapes that reveries limn,And seldom heHad eyes to seeThe moment that encompassed him.Bright yellowhammersMade mirthful clamours,And billed long straws with a bustling air,And bearing their loadFlew up the roadThat he followed, alone, without interest there.From bank to groundAnd over and roundThey sidled along the adjoining hedge;Sometimes to the gutterTheir yellow flutterWould dip from the nearest slatestone ledge.The smooth sea-lineWith a metal shine,And flashes of white, and a sail thereon,He would also descryWith a half-wrapt eyeBetween the projects he mused upon.Yes, round him were theseEarth's artistries,But specious plans that came to his callDid most engageHis pilgrimage,While himself he did not see at all.Dead now as sherdsAre the yellow birds,And all that mattered has passed away;Yet God, the Elf,Now shows him that selfAs he was, and should have been shown, that day.O it would have been goodCould he then have stoodAt a focussed distance, and conned the whole,But now such visionIs mere derision,Nor soothes his body nor saves his soul.Not much, some mayIncline to say,To see in him, had it all been seen.Nay! he is awareA thing was there That loomed with an immortal mien.

Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night's highlights that lets you sleep  and lets us get paid to watch comedy.Here are the 50 best movies on Netflix right now.On Tuesday, Jimmy Kimmel reported that several prominent Republicans have distanced themselves from Donald Trump's dinner with schmucks, including former Vice President Mike Pence.