OPINION: Playing Semantics With Endangered Species Recovery, Addition To List By Changing Meaning Of ‘Harm,’ Reducing Legal Remedies
How redefining one word strips the Endangered Species Act’s ability to protect vital habitat…
Tag: insect extinction
Staten Island Marshes, Wetlands To Receive Aerial Mosqito Larvacide Spraying Tonight, This Week
NYC HEALTH DEPARTMENT TAKES FLIGHT AGAINST MOSQUITOES WITH FIRST AERIAL LARVICIDING OPERATION OF THE SEASON Aerial Larviciding Treatment to be Conducted by Helicopter in Marshes and Wetlands June…
Extracting Monetary Benefit From Uncut Forests In Contracts As Active Carbon Sequestration Units To Be Banned In New Hampshire – Restoring Sole Valuation Of Ecosystems By Their Destruction Or Timber Possibilities
Representatives weigh promise, value of forests in move to restrict carbon programs Editor’s note: With…
Brooklyn Tonight, Staten Island Tomorrow: Broad Spectrum Insecticide Spraying In Multiple Zip Codes – Concern For Backyard Bees, Butterflies
Editor’s note: According to the No Spray Coalition and Beyond Pesticides, during their successful case…
On Staten Island: Monarch Butterflies, Bees, Dragonflies, Mosquitos, Non-Target Insects – Spraying With Aerial Pesticide Tomorrow
Editor’s note: As we’ve discussed previously, aerial spraying of pesticides to control mosquitos is the…
In The Bronx, Foliage Planting Along Grand Concourse Brings Beauty To Area During NYCxDesign Festival
In The Bronx, Foliage Planting Along Grand Concourse Brings Beauty To Area During NYCxDesign Festival…
Butterflies Are Declining Nationwide – But You Can Help
Butterflies declined by 22% in just 2 decades across the US – there are ways…
Surprising Adaptability Of Ecosystems To Climate Change Caused By Humans: Heritage Foundation
Resilient Wilds: Unmasking the Surprising Adaptability of U.S. Ecosystems to Climate Change Susan Crockford Zoologist…
Broad Spectrum Insecticide Spraying Tonight, Wednesday Evening
Editor’s note: As in the previous mosquito spraying session, the insecticides often also kill non-…
Mosquito Spraying, Major Threat To Monarch Butterflies, Bees, Dragonflies, Other Predator Insects, Scheduled For Tonight In Certain Staten Island Areas
Editor’s note: According to the Center For Biodiversity, one of the largest threats to Monarch…
Homegrown National Park: Interview With Doug Tallamy On Personal Environmental Responsibility, Bringing Nature Back To Our Backyards
Please see our review of the author’s book Nature’s Best Hope. Doug Tallamy is…
Sens. Sanders, Merkley, Markey, Warren Send Letter To Attorney General Urging DOJ To Bring Lawsuits Against Fossil Fuel Companies For Willfull Deception Of Public
Sanders, Markey, Merkley, and Warren Send Letter to Attorney General Urging DOJ to Bring Lawsuits…
While Early Humans Definitely Hunted Some Extinct Species, There Is No Evidence That People Contributed To Their Extinction
Forensic evidence suggests Paleo-Americans hunted mastodons, mammoths and other megafauna in eastern North America 13,000…
Climate Change Latest Threat To Bee Populations, But You Can Help With Creative Gardening Methods
Bees face many challenges – and climate change is ratcheting up the pressure Jennie L. Durant,…
Does Jewish Law Permit Killing Of Lanternflies By Individuals? The Answer Is Not Quite So Simple
Editor’s Note: The spotted lanternfly is a relatively new “pest menace” in the tri-state area. …
Removed From The Endangered Species List Never To Be Found Again; They Did Not Live Through The Current Mass Extinction…Caused By Humans
October 14, 2021: A few weeks ago, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service made headlines…
The Insectocalypse (Insect Apocalypse) May Be Closer To Reality Than Anyone Thinks, And It’s Mostly From Humans In The “Anthropocene Age”
Discussion on the “insect apocalypse” study Perhaps you have not heard of the coming “insect…
The Graniteville Wetland Forest Prayer Vigil: An Interview And Update With Gabriella Velardi
Gabriella Velardi Ward. Graniteville Wetland Forest. These are two subjects that readers of Staten Islander…