Read more conservation stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/503/conservation.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:27:24 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74478/calif-buffalo-go-on-birth-control.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSouthern California's only herd of wild buffalo has been put on birth control. A conservation authority seeking to protect unique plant life on Santa Catalina Island, where buffalo have roamed since 14 of them were shipped out for a silent film in 1925, has been corralling the animals and injecting...http://www.newser.com/story/74478/calif-buffalo-go-on-birth-control.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 13:00:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73491/humpback-whales-may-lose-endangered-tag.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn attempt to determine whether the humpback whales still need to be saved, the government is reviewing the marine mammals' place on the endangered species list for the first time in a decade. The results look promising: “They appear to be coming back pretty strongly in most of the places...http://www.newser.com/story/73491/humpback-whales-may-lose-endangered-tag.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Nov 2009 11:55:26 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/68131/lets-start-paying-for-water-or-lose-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagYou may receive a water bill every month, but you’re not actually paying for water. You’re paying for the cost of service, and this free-rider problem is contributing to the worsening water crisis that threatens to dehydrate the US, author and law professor Robert Glennon argues in the Washington Post...http://www.newser.com/story/68131/lets-start-paying-for-water-or-lose-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 30 Aug 2009 11:54:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65329/mexican-wolf-recovery-is-howling-flop.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA US effort to relocate endangered wolves along the Arizona-New Mexico border is actually rendering them extinct, the Los Angeles Times reports. Officials moved eleven Mexican gray wolves to the Gila National Forest in 1998, where managers are trapping, penning, and shooting the wolves to control their roaming and cattle-killing...http://www.newser.com/story/65329/mexican-wolf-recovery-is-howling-flop.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 26 Jul 2009 15:20:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65302/greenies-freeze-out-ben-jerrys-for-water-waste.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBen & Jerry’s locations around the world are wasting nearly 300,000 gallons of water per day, a News of the World investigation finds. The whimsical ice cream maker, famous for its green ethics and environmental activism, requires employees to wash scoops in sinks under constantly running water to hinder...http://www.newser.com/story/65302/greenies-freeze-out-ben-jerrys-for-water-waste.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 25 Jul 2009 16:40:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64399/attack-survivors-snap-up-chance-to-save-sharks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagVictims of shark attacks have gathered in Washington to lend a hand to their one-time foes, reports the Washington Post . The survivors plan to lobby senators to pass a bill setting new restrictions on shark fishing in US waters. A third of the world's shark species are now classified as...http://www.newser.com/story/64399/attack-survivors-snap-up-chance-to-save-sharks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 15 Jul 2009 1:40:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58063/scots-move-to-save-rare-wildcats.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScotland has launched a program to save the last of its rare Scottish wildcats, the BBC reports. Experts warn that fewer than 400 of the unique cats—endangered by persecution, habitat loss, and interbreeding with domestic cats—are believed to remain. Officials are seeking to raise awareness, encourage the neutering...http://www.newser.com/story/58063/scots-move-to-save-rare-wildcats.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 05 May 2009 5:12:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53841/a-third-of-americas-bird-species-in-trouble.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAlmost a third of America's bird species are in peril from habitat destruction and other threats, according to a federal report released yesterday. The study, which may spur the Obama administration to increase regulation in some areas to protect the animals, found that 67 of America's over 800 bird species...http://www.newser.com/story/53841/a-third-of-americas-bird-species-in-trouble.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Mar 2009 4:45:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/49906/palin-howls-at-judds-wildlife-ad.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSarah Palin is steaming over a conservation group's ad in which Ashley Judd slams the Alaska governor for "championing the slaughter of wildlife," Politico reports. Palin released a statement in which she called the campaign "reprehensible and hypocritical," adding: "Shame on the Defenders of Wildlife for twisting the truth in...http://www.newser.com/story/49906/palin-howls-at-judds-wildlife-ad.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Feb 2009 15:06:10 CST