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B.A.S.S. and Recycled Fish form Conservation Partnership
By djkimmel on Nov 11, 2011 | In Conservation, Cleanup, Fisheries Management, B.A.S.S. Conservation, Fishing | Send feedback »
B.A.S.S. News
Strategic alliance advances Stewardship Ethic in bass fishing
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — If there’s one thing that bass anglers love, it’s catching a big bass. The only thing better is catching two. Catching more and bigger fish requires healthy waters, and a new relationship between B.A.S.S. and Recycled Fish will help accomplish that.
Sportsmen Alliance for Marcellus Conservation: Fishermen, Hunters Take On Fracking
By djkimmel on Jun 26, 2011 | In Environment, Pollution, Wetlands, Hunting, Fishing | Send feedback »
From the Huffington Post
WHITELEY, Pa. -- Fishermen are gearing up and hunters are taking aim – for Marcellus Shale gas drilling.
A new coalition of outdoors groups is emerging as a potent force in the debate over natural gas drilling. The Sportsmen Alliance for Marcellus Conservation isn't against the process of fracking for gas, but its members want to make sure the rush to cash in on the valuable resource doesn't damage streams, forests, and the various creatures that call those places home.
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Sea Levels Rising At Fastest Rate In 2,100 Years: Study
By djkimmel on Jun 23, 2011 | In Conservation, Environment, Planning, Global Warming | Send feedback »
From Huffington Post
WASHINGTON -- Sea level has been rising significantly over the past century of global warming, according to a study that offers the most detailed look yet at the changes in ocean levels during the last 2,100 years. The researchers found that since the late 19th century – as the world became industrialized – sea level has risen more than 2 millimeters per year, on average. That's a bit less than one-tenth of an inch, but it adds up over time.
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Shocking Report Warns Of Mass Extinction From Current Rate Of Marine Distress
By djkimmel on Jun 22, 2011 | In Conservation, Environment, Species related, Pollution, Global Warming, Fisheries Management, Fishing | Send feedback »
From Huffington Post
State Of The Ocean
If the current actions contributing to a multifaceted degradation of the world's oceans aren't curbed, a mass extinction unlike anything human history has ever seen is coming, an expert panel of scientists warns in an alarming new report.
BASS Urges Congress to Restore Louisiana Coast
By djkimmel on Feb 25, 2011 | In Conservation, Land Management, Planning, US Federal Government, B.A.S.S. Conservation, National Wildlife Federation, Wetlands | Send feedback »
B.A.S.S. News
B.A.S.S. Joins National Wildlife Federation, Ducks Unlimited and more than 350 other Businesses and Organizations in Urging Congress to Restore Louisiana’s Coast
NEW ORLEANS – B.A.S.S. LLC, the “Worldwide Leader in Bass Fishing,” today added its name to a growing list of businesses and sportsmen’s organizations nationwide to sign a letter to Congress urging it to dedicate the resources and implement policies needed to restore Louisiana’s imperiled coastal wetlands.
B.A.S.S. Backs Wildlife Federations Coastal Restoration Efforts
By djkimmel on Jan 12, 2011 | In Conservation, Environment, Land Management, B.A.S.S. Conservation, National Wildlife Federation, Wetlands | Send feedback »
BASS News
The 2011 Bassmaster Classic, to be held Feb. 18-20 in New Orleans, will showcase more than 50 of the world’s best bass anglers. It will also draw attention to important efforts to revitalize what the National Wildlife Federation calls a “Vanishing Paradise.”
NOAA-led Research Team Takes Measure of the Variability of the Atmosphere’s Self-Cleaning Capacity
By djkimmel on Jan 8, 2011 | In Environment, US Federal Government, NOAA, Pollution, Global Warming | Send feedback »
From NOAA News
Scientists will be better able to predict future pollution levels in the Earth's atmosphere
New analysis published online today in the journal Science shows that global levels of the hydroxyl radical, a critical player in atmospheric chemistry, do not vary much from year to year. Levels of hydroxyl, which help clear the atmosphere of many hazardous air pollutants and some important greenhouse gases — but not carbon dioxide — dip and rise by only a few percent every year; not by up to 25 percent, as was once estimated.
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Massive Fish Kill in the Chesapeake Bay; Is American Wildlife Cursed?
By djkimmel on Jan 5, 2011 | In Environment, Species related | 1 feedback »
From Aol News SURGE DESK
Yelena Shuster Contributor
Maybe it's time to start storing those emergency food rations.
Hundreds of thousands of small fish have died in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay. This marks the fourth reported incident of mass wildlife death in the past week -- but at least this one has a simple explanation.
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