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Evan Stanbro

California Condors May Face Threat From DDT - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • Evan Stanbro on 16 Nov 10
     
    The chemical DDT was banned in the 1970's, therefore there is no way it is still effecting plants and animals today, right? Well this NY Times article on California condors, a species battling against extinction, discusses a possible link between thing-shelled condor eggs and DDT. Condor's diets often include sea-creatures, such as California sea lions, which have high levels of DDT in their blubber. Could eating sea lions cause condor eggs to be abnormally thin?
Jim Proctor

Kill sea lions at Bonneville Dan? - 1 views

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shared by Jim Proctor on 17 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Jim Proctor on 17 Oct 11
     
    On Tuesday, our ENVS 490 class (Culture and Environmental Conflict) will be touring Bonneville Dam, site of a major conflict over how to remove federally listed California sea lions, who have found the site a handy spot to dine on the endangered spring Chinook run (and others). The use of lethal force was approved, then court-retracted; what will happen to these pinnipeds come this spring?
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