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Chris R. Shepherd

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Center for Biological Diversity@biologicaldiversity.org · 2d ago

Overall, the Fish and Wildlife Service lost 1,900 scientists, including fish and wildlife biologists, foresters and fire managers. This brain drain will be hard to undo now that the Fish and Wildlife Service has lost so many expert scientists who helped save #EndangeredSpecies.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife staff tumbles by a quarter in Director Brian Nesvik’s home state of Wyoming

In 2024, the National Elk Refuge had 11 full-time employees helping to feed elk and bison, greet 300,000-plus tourists at its visitor center and steward 24,700 scenic acres just north

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The Boundary Sentinel@boundarysentinel.bsky.social · last mo.

Castlegar is warning residents to secure garbage, fruit and other attractants as significant bear activity returns after an unusually quiet 2025. #Castlegar #WestKootenays #BCWildlife #WildSafeBC www.boundarysentinel.ca/news/castlegar-warns-of-significant-bear-activity-after-unusually-quiet-2025

Castlegar warns of significant bear activity after unusually quiet 2025 — The Boundary Sentinel

Castlegar is warning residents to secure garbage, fruit and other attractants as bear activity increases after an unusually quiet 2025.

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Pro Wildlife@prowildlife.bsky.social · 4d ago

🦎🚨 Woman caught in Russia, trying to cross border with 116 reptiles stashed in her jacket. These lizards, protected under Russian law, were obviously destined for Germany. #StolenWildlife #ExoticPetTrade #NotAPet #WildlifeCrime ▶️ metro.co.uk/2026/08/28/w...

Woman caught trying to cross border with 116 reptiles stashed in her jacket

Customs officers were in for a shock when they searched a woman trying to cross the Russian border — and discovered 116 lizards hidden in her jacket.

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The Revelator@therevelator.org · 6d ago

How often do you hear about a conservation program in Iran? Read about Gavbangi, a volunteer-led effort to save the maral (Caspian red deer) from poachers and habitat loss: https://therevelator.org/gavbangi-iran-conservation/

Gavbangi: Iran’s Long-Running Conservation Effort Relies on Volunteers — and Turns Them Into Habitat Protectors • The Revelator

Saving the maral (or Caspian red deer) from poachers and habitat loss will depend on keeping this volunteer effort going amid Iran’s ongoing challenges.

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Center for Biological Diversity@biologicaldiversity.org · 6d ago

ICYMI: The Trump administration just proposed to accelerate oil and gas drilling across 23 million public acres in the Western Arctic by ending environmental reviews and rushing project approvals. This would clear the way for rampant drilling across the largest tract of #PublicLand. Take action ⬇️

Don’t Let Big Oil Destroy the Western Arctic

The Trump administration has proposed a new rule to fast-track drilling across 23 million public acres in Alaska’s Western Arctic by ending environmental reviews, eliminating public input, and rushing...

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Center for Biological Diversity@biologicaldiversity.org · last wk.

A vessel speeding through the water so fast it crushes endangered whales against its prow, a developer clearcutting a forest and killing the endangered bats who live there — these deaths may no longer be considered illegal if the Trump administration gets its way. Please help us fight back ⬇️

Give Now to Save the Wild

Join the fight to protect wildlife and wild places with a gift to the Center for Biological Diversity.

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Ocean Hoptimism@oceanhoptimism.org · last wk.

@therevelator.org called it: Trump’s destruction of USAID would deepen the climate & extinction crises. Now come the receipts: rising deforestation, weakened protections, & conservation programs gutted. The damage was foreseeable. They did it anyway. Read More: insideclimatenews.org/news/1509202...

By Shutting Down USAID, Trump and Musk Will Worsen the Climate and Extinction Crises • The Revelator

The agency supports critical efforts to reduce wildlife trafficking, deforestation, land violence, and other threats around the world.

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Canada WaterPortal@waterportal.bsky.social · last wk.

"How ice and rock triggered Nepal's catastrophic flood - and why climate change is raising the risks" @resilience.org via www.resilience.org/stories/2026... #water

How ice and rock triggered Nepal’s catastrophic flood – and why climate change is raising the risks

The catastrophic flood that killed hundreds of people in Nepal in August shows the ways rising temperatures, thawing permafrost and melting ice are increasing the risk of destructive floods in the Him...

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Center for Biological Diversity@biologicaldiversity.org · last wk.

Less than two weeks after proposing a land swap and private access to #Yosemite National Park, the Dept. of the Interior announced plans for similar land exchanges on Cumberland Island National Seashore. This is an #NationalPark, not a Monopoly board. A bunch of new mansions don’t belong here.

Mansions Proposal Threatens National Park in Georgia

Center for Biological Diversity: Yosemite-Like Land Swap Planned for Cumberland Island

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