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Agriculture

USFWS Adopts Lynx Recovery Plan, Proposes New Critical Habitat Designations

"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last week finalized a recovery plan for Canada lynx, a species listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, and proposed new critical habitat designations to increase federal protections for the winter-adept felines in some areas. "

Source: Daily Montanan, 12/04/2024

"Monarch Butterflies May Soon Get Protections Under Endangered Species Act"

"Monarch populations have plummeted due to habitat loss, pesticide use and climate change. Eastern monarch populations that migrate between Canada and overwintering sites in Mexico are estimated to have declined by more than 80 percent since the 1990s."

Source: NPR, 12/04/2024

"UN Calls For $2.6 Trillion Investment To Reverse Land Degradation"

"Restoring the world's degraded land and holding back its deserts will require at least $2.6 trillion in investment by the end of the decade, the U.N. executive overseeing global talks on the issue told Reuters, quantifying the cost for the first time."

Source: Reuters, 12/03/2024

EPA Takes Partial Step To Ban Chlorpyrifos In Move Called “Unconscionable”

"The long and winding regulatory road for a pesticide known to be harmful to developing babies took another turn on Monday as the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said it was planning to only partially ban the insecticide chlorpyrifos in farming."

Source: The New Lede, 12/03/2024

Chesapeake: "The Bay ‘Dead Zone’ Was Near Average In 2024, Sort Of"

"The Chesapeake Bay’s oxygen-starved “dead zone,” a closely watched indicator of the estuary’s health, started early this summer with worse than normal conditions before dramatically improving by early August, scientists recently reported."

Source: Bay Journal, 11/26/2024

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