Good News Notes: “Danson stars as the fictional mayor of Los Angeles in the new NBC original comedy “Mr. Mayor” which airs Thursday nights on NBC.‘The plastics being dumped into our oceans are harming sea turtles, whales, birds, and other marine life. I think we can all agree that saving these amazing animals is worth ditching plastics,’ Danson…
Tag: Endangered Species Act
Eastern black rail gets federal protection under Endangered Species Act
Good News Notes: “The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Wednesday it will list the eastern black rail as a ‘threatened’ species under the Endangered Species Act, a move that gives the elusive bird new protections in South Carolina and other states where populations have declined or disappeared altogether. Nicknamed the ‘feathered mouse,’ the eastern…
California Condor Returns To Sequoia National Park, Another Endangered Species Act Success
Good News Notes: “If you want to experience the power of the Endangered Species Act for yourself, go to Sequoia National Park and look up. There, gliding high on the thermals, you’ll see the embodiment of this extraordinarily successful law: California condors. As the planet grapples with how to combat an extinction crisis that threatens more than 1…
Great news: Island Marble Butterfly protected under Endangered Species List
Good News Notes: “he U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has made the final determination to list the island marble butterfly (Euchloe ausonides insulanus) as an endangered species and designate critical habitat for the species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The island marble, a beautiful, medium-sized, white butterfly with green ‘marbling’ on its wings,…