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Feds extend waiver on monitors for some East Coast fisheries
BOSTON (AP) — The federal government has extended a waiver on the requirement for at-sea monitors for some East Coast fisheries. Fishing boats often carry human observers, or at-sea monitors, to gather data that is important to the management of fisheries. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
Let's not add nuisance bears to list of problems, Maine says
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine wildlife officials are asking residents to take precautions to avoid unwanted confrontations with black bears. The state has the largest population of black bears in the contiguous 48 states. Bears are awakening in the state, and they're hungry, which means sometimes they enter...
Tribal land known for waterfalls extends tourism closure
SUPAI, Ariz. (AP) — A small northern Arizona reservation known for its blue-green waterfalls will remain closed to tourists through mid-May. The Havasupai Tribe passed a resolution Monday to extend the closure to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Anyone who has a permit to stay at the tribe's lodge...
New Mexico regulators push ahead as virus disaster declared
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — While federal environmental regulators have waived enforcement on a range of legally mandated public health and environmental protections, New Mexico is marching ahead. Food inspections are ongoing as is the tracking of methane emissions and other critical work related to drinking...
Shark kills Australian wildlife worker on Great Barrier Reef
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — A shark fatally mauled a young Australian wildlife worker on the Great Barrier Reef, officials said Tuesday. Queensland state Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the 23-year-old victim worked for the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service. “Once again a family out there is...
5 things to know today - that aren't about the virus
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that are being talked about today 1. U.S. LABELS WHITE SUPREMACIST GROUP A TERROR ORGANIZATION The action by the Trump administration was the first time the U.S. has used the designation on a white supremacist group. The Russian Imperial...
Work starts in Montana on disputed Canada-US oil pipeline
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Canadian company said Monday that it's started construction on the long-stalled Keystone XL oil sands pipeline across the U.S.-Canada border, despite calls from tribal leaders and environmentalists to delay the $8 billion project amid the coronavirus pandemic. A spokesman for TC...
SC governor adds criminal penalties to COVID-19 orders
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's governor on Monday issued what he called a work-to-home order, adding fines and possible jail time to keep residents away from each other and from catching the coronavirus. The new order attaches potential criminal penalties to the more than a dozen orders and...
N. Carolina court ruling leaves Smithfield agreement intact
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's attorney general can keep distributing millions of dollars paid by the world's largest pork producer as environmental grants after a state Supreme Court decision that leaves the two-decade-old agreement intact. The 6-1 decision by the justices, which focused on the...
Bureau of Land Management director to continue through April
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — The temporary head of the federal Bureau of Land Management is expected to continue overseeing the agency for another month. William Perry Pendley will continue as acting director through May 5, The Daily Sentinel reported Saturday. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt issued an...
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