en-us Copyright Sightline Daily - all rights reserved newsfeeds@sightline.org newsfeeds@sightline.org Most recent Wildlife headlines from Sightline Daily, the Northwest news that matters http://daily.sightline.org Plone http://daily.sightline.org/logo.gif 427 69 Endangered species could become extinct 100 times faster than previously thought, scientists warned yesterday in a bleak reassessment of the threats to global biodiversity. They say methods used to predict when species will die out are seriously flawed and dramatically underestimate the speed at which some will disappear. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jul/03/endangeredspecies.scienceofclimatechange Environment Wildlife 07/03/2008 Guardian Ospreys are keeping an urban wetland natural by dining on uninvited goldfish and koi that were once posing a challenge for Portland Parks and Rec to get rid of. http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=121503550953373100 Wildlife Oregon 07/03/2008 Portland Tribune Small bright-green traps are popping up on trees in Whatcom County as part of the annual effort to trap and squash the spread of gypsy moths, gluttonous eaters that strip trees and shrubs of their leaves and needles. http://www.bellinghamherald.com/102/story/456290.html Environment Wildlife Washington 07/02/2008 Bellingham Herald The Montana wildlife department plans three hearings on proposed rules for managing gray wolves in the state, which is acquiring management responsibility from the federal government. http://www.idahostatesman.com/531/story/430641.html Environment Policy Wildlife Montana 07/02/2008 Boise Idaho Statesman In an effort to sidestep the courts, the Bush administration invoked national security to exempt the Navy from strict adherence to the two federal environmental laws that underlay the court decisions. The top court will now have to decide whether the military and the White House should be granted great deference when they declare that national security trumps environmental protection or whether the courts have a role in second-guessing military judgments and claims of fact. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/02/opinion/02wed3.html?ref=todayspaper Environment Policy Wildlife United States 07/02/2008 New York Times Farmers in the Penticton area want permission to shoot marmots, whose population in the south Okanagan has snowballed this year, and is threatening the vineyards and fruit crops. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080702.BCMARMOT02/TPStory/TPNational/BritishColumbia/ Environment Food & Farms Wildlife British Columbia Canada 07/02/2008 Toronto Globe and Mail Five Makah Indian whalers who killed a gray whale in an illegal hunt last September were sentenced Monday in federal court. The sentences include jail time for two men considered the leaders of the group. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WA_MAKAH_WHALING_WAOL-?SITE=OREUG&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Environment Wildlife Washington 07/01/2008 AP Penguins have become the canaries in the global warming "coal mine," signaling the effects of climate change on oceans through their rapidly declining population. Dee Boersma, a biology professor at University of Washington, has been studying climate change and its effects on penguins in Argentina. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/369042_penguins01.html Climate Environment Wildlife Washington 07/01/2008 Seattle Post-Intelligencer Bears may be a loveable icon in Montana, but a few people wonder why wildlife officials keep releasing more of them at a time when some communities, rural and urban alike, have got too many bruins in their backyards. http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2008/07/01/news/top/news01.txt Environment Wildlife Montana 07/01/2008 Missoula Missoulian