"Large Hydropower Dams 'Not Sustainable' In The Developing World"
"A new study says that many large-scale hydropower projects in Europe and the US have been disastrous for the environment."
Source: BBC News, 11/06/2018
Fish & Fisheries
Wetlands Mitigation — Why Draining the Swamp Is a Local Story
As the Trump administration challenges wetlands preservation policy under the Clean Water Act, an important related practice has come into question. Mitigation banking — the creation or preservation of one wetland to offset the loss of another — has become a billion-dollar industry. But as this week’s TipSheet reports, the legal and regulatory tangle aside, wetlands permitting and mitigation continues, likely near you. Tracking the local story.
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"Hudson PCBs Harming River Mink Populations"
"A small, brownish weasel that spends much of its life in the water, hunting for fish and frogs, the American mink is a signal for the ecological health of where it lives. Right now, the mink is not doing very well along the Hudson River, largely due to decades of PCB pollution ... ."
Source: Albany Times Union, 11/02/2018
"Ocean Shock"
"Reuters reveals the climate crisis beneath the waves. Driven by warming waters, marine life is on the move — and life on land is forever changed."
Source: Reuters, 11/01/2018
Hunting for Wildlife Stories? Go to a Wildlife Refuge
Long-standing tensions between hunting and conservation mean stories for environmental reporters, especially as hunting season gets underway. But as this week’s TipSheet points out, much hunting also takes place in one of the nation’s most protected habitats — its national wildlife refuges. A look at why, and where, plus a scan of the landscape of sources and resources to tell the story more richly.
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"Coastal Pacific Oxygen Levels Now Plummet Once A Year"
"Scientists say West Coast waters now have a hypoxia season, or dead-zone season, just like the wildfire season."
Source: NPR, 10/30/2018
"Alaska Salmon Initiative Draws A Powerful Foe: Oil, Mining Money"
"Alaska is in the midst of a divisive civil war over a ballot initiative that pits the state's revered wild salmon fisheries against its powerful oil and mining industries."
Source: EnergyWire, 10/29/2018
Judge Reinstates California Gillnet Protections For Whales, Turtles
"The Trump administration unlawfully withdrew a plan to limit the number of whales, turtles and other marine creatures permitted to be inadvertently killed or harmed by drift gillnets used to catch swordfish off California, a federal judge has ruled."
Source: Reuters, 10/29/2018
"Alaska: 'Bright Spot' In Dismal Season: Bristol Bay Salmon"
"While unusually poor returns of sockeye salmon plagued most other Alaskan waterways, state regulators are calling Bristol Bay "one of the bright spots" this season, with 42 million of the 50 million sockeye caught across the state coming from the watershed."
Source: Greenwire, 10/26/2018
"Trump To Nominate Former Monsanto Exec To Top Interior Position"
"President Trump plans to nominate a former official at Monsanto to a top position in the Department of the Interior, the White House announced Monday. Trump will nominate Aurelia Skipwith to be the director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service."
Source: The Hill, 10/23/2018
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