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Regulators, landowners form habitat protection partnership
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The Biden administration and industry groups pledged Thursday to promote logging practices and research intended to protect imperiled species on private forest lands. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and two forest products organizations signed a...
Endangered status sought for gopher tortoise in 4 states
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Gopher tortoises imperiled by loss of habitat largely caused by human development should be placed on the endangered species list in four southern states, environmental groups said Wednesday as they prepared to sue the federal government over the issue. ...
Center holds first public turtle release since 2021
JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — There wasn’t a free patch of grass or a parking spot on the beach behind Loggerhead Marinelife Center Wednesday morning. Police officers directed the hundreds who traveled there to cram into spots and get down to the beach. The crowds came to the strip of...
Loggerhead sea turtle released after rehabbing in Florida
JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A loggerhead sea turtle named Rocky paused briefly on the sand Wednesday morning before slowly crawling into the Atlantic Ocean after spending six weeks rehabbing at Florida's Loggerhead Marinelife Center. Turtle hospital staff and volunteers cheered as the...
Twinkle, twinkle fading stars: Hiding in our brighter skies
WASHINGTON (AP) — Every year, the night sky grows brighter, and the stars look dimmer. A new study that analyzes data from more than 50,000 amateur stargazers finds that artificial lighting is making the night sky about 10% brighter each year. That’s a much faster...
Wave of migrants in Florida Keys is a crisis, sheriff says
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — At least 500 migrants have arrived in small boats along the Florida Keys over the last several days in what the local sheriff's office described on Monday as a “crisis." Economic turmoil, food shortages and soaring inflation in Cuba and other parts of the...
New smoking ban starts at Miami Beach parks and beaches
Starting New Year's Day, you can still wear bikinis on the beaches of Miami Beach, but forget about showing any butts — cigarette butts, that is. A smoking ban is being implemented Sunday after the stroke of midnight at all Miami Beach municipal parks and public beaches. Under the...
