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Agency aims to improve habitat for sheep
May 21 2007 8:59PM (CT)
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - In a state known as the least-forested in the nation, the U.S. Forest Service wants to fell hundreds of juniper trees in North Dakota's Badlands to improve the habitat for transplanted bighorn sheep.
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Spirit finds proof of wet past on Mars
May 21 2007 8:07PM (CT)
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - The Mars rover Spirit has uncovered the strongest evidence yet that the planet used to be wetter than previously thought, scientists reported Monday.
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Smithsonian accused of altering exhibit
May 21 2007 7:33PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Smithsonian Institution toned down an exhibit on climate change in the Arctic for fear of angering Congress and the Bush administration, says a former administrator at the museum.
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Wayward whales halfway back to ocean
May 21 2007 6:30PM (CT)
RIO VISTA, Calif. (AP) - The journey of a wayward whale and her calf back to the Pacific Ocean hit a snag Monday when the pair reversed course and began heading back up the Sacramento River.
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Wayward whales halfway back to ocean
May 21 2007 6:30PM (CT)
RIO VISTA, Calif. (AP) - The journey of a wayward whale and her calf back to the Pacific Ocean hit a snag Monday when the pair reversed course and began heading back up the Sacramento River.
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Utah joins pact to reduce gas emissions
May 21 2007 5:43PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Utah joined five other states and British Columbia on Monday in a pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, although details on how they will do it are incomplete.
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Utah joins pact to reduce gas emissions
May 21 2007 5:43PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Utah joined five other states and British Columbia on Monday in a pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, although details on how they will do it are incomplete.
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Trappers aim to root out nutria from Md.
May 21 2007 3:43PM (CT)
DEAL ISLAND, Md. (AP) - Federal trappers charged with ridding Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge of nutria have a new mission now that the invasive rodent is clear from the refuge _ rooting it out from the rest of the Eastern Shore.
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UNM criticized over use of mice in study
May 21 2007 3:28PM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - Mice were hung by their tails with adhesive tape, subjected to electrical shocks and forced to swim until nearly drowning during experiments done at the University of New Mexico.
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Vt. closes 8 cliffs to protect falcons
May 21 2007 3:07PM (CT)
WATERBURY, Vt. (AP) - Cliffs and trails leading to them have been closed in eight areas around Vermont to protect nesting peregrine falcons.
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