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[…] In this instance, however, biologist Wolfgang Amelung installed a “breathing wall.” This self-sustaining ecosystem is a complex combination of water, rock, frogs, fish, insects and over 400 species of plants. Contaminants in the air are absorbed by the vegetation and consumed by the micro-organisms in the soil. Excess waste is carried into a small […]
[…] tourism industry, and protect the scenic Clinch River watershed from runoff that chokes streams with mud and silt. The Clinch River is home to nearly 50 rare species of fish and mussels. Since 1960, the conservancy has purchased more than 210,000 acres of land and conservation easements in Virginia and anticipates adding more acreage. […]
[…] defined by its effect on the human condition, then life expectancy and sewage treatment are good measures, as is air pollution. In contrast, using the preservation of endangered species or the extent of forests as a leading measure assumes a definition of environmental quality somewhat removed from direct impact on humans. Along the same […]
Along Brazil’s Atlantic coast, local people patrol 620 miles of beaches to protect five endangered species of sea turtle. By protecting the turtles, they are also protecting an important source of income based on ecotourism. One local man said, “Turtles have become a big part of my life. If I or any other fisherman […]
[…] last thirty years, more than two hundred new regulations have been passed that impede managers from responding promptly to changing forest conditions. The Clean Air Act, the Endangered Species Act, the Federal Land and Management Policy Act, the Multiple Use and Sustained Yield Act, the National Forest Management Act, the National Environmental Policy Act […]
[…] Environmental Examiner, a newsletter for high school students, that offers an ongoing way of communicating balanced environmental information. It includes articles and activities dealing with current environmental topics. PERC is working with the Canadian Council on Economic Education to develop materials that will treat environmental issues more objectively. PERC is sponsoring teacher workshops around […]
[…] stream on his ranch for bringing back the fish. Then he learned that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was considering listing the Montana grayling as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act. “I sadly bowed out,” he says. Cameron realized that once he had an endangered fish on his property, even though […]
[…] intervention led Montana rancher David Cameron to give up his goal of restoring a native fish that had disappeared from many Montana streams (page 12). Indeed, the Endangered Species Act has been less effective than its supporters originally hoped because landowners fear that endangered species will bring government officials onto their property. In a […]
[…] Jackson had purchased 2,700 acres of rolling Texas hill country with good intentions and hefty bank accounts and made it home to more than sixty rare and endangered species from five continents. Their highly successful breeding programs and first-rate animal care earned them an international reputation for excellence but did nothing to help bankroll […]
[…] that program totaled more than $2 million and represented 25 percent of the company’s total profits in that region. Furthermore, wildlife habitat was restored, game and non-game species increased, and hunters, anglers, campers and hikers reported better recreational experiences. In Boise, Idaho, developer Peter O’Neill launched a residential housing development by revitalizing a degraded […]