https://www.kpbs.org/news/local/2023/01/24/sanclementeisland
"Decades of conservation and recovery effort by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service and the Navy have biologists claiming what they say is a rare win in
their long fight against the effects of human environmental destruction and
climate change.
Seventy miles off the San Diego coast lies San Clemente Island — a 21-mile-long
largely uninhabited spit of volcanic rock thrust up from the ocean floor
millions of years ago.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday announced one bird and four plant
species — unique to the island — would be delisted from protected status under
the Endangered Species Act, a milestone the service is touting as the start of
a year-long celebration of the law's 50th anniversary.
The San Clemente Island Bell's sparrow, a small brown bird with a fluffy white
breast, is being removed from protected status. Joining it are four plants —
the San Clemente Island paintbrush, lotus, larkspur and bush mallow."
Via
Future Crunch:
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https://futurecrunch.com/goodnews-child-mortality-flamingos-mumbai-shamans-dream/>
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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