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New conservation efforts are protecting the eastern gold eagle from environmental threats for the first time, according to a plan published by the Eastern Golden Eagle Working Group last week.
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U.S. Wildlife officials declared nearly two dozen species extinct in a release Monday. Some of the species once called Kentucky and Tennessee home.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently ordered a five-year status review for nearly 70 endangered or threatened animal and plant species across the southeast, including four native Kentucky species.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is performing status reviews of several dozen endangered or threatened plants and animals in the Southeast.
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Researchers at the Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest have spent nearly a decade tracking golden eagles as they migrate between Kentucky and Canada. Now, the Eastern Golden Eagle Working Group is now using that research to develop a conservation plan.
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Surface mining companies could more easily get permits to dump pollution into streams under a bill moving through the Kentucky legislature. Supporters say it would help keep mines open, while opponents say it would result worse stream quality and increased oversight from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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Officials with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources have identified 301 species that they’d like help protecting as part of a state wildlife action plan to sustain the state’s biodiversity. There’s currently no reliable funding to protect non-game species, according to the plan.
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Logging in other parts of the forest has degraded the land contributing to landslides and the proliferation of invasive plants.
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Environmental groups say the federal government approved permits for a natural gas pipeline without fully considering the impacts on imperiled bat species.