U.S. Navy to hold virtual public meeting for Gulf of Alaska Maritime Activities Area
Friday PM (SitNews) Silverdale, Washington - The U.S. Navy is hosting upcoming virtual public meetings for the recently prepared draft supplement to the 2011 Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Navy Training Activities Final Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement (EIS/OEIS) and the 2016 GOA Navy Training Activities Final Supplemental EIS/OEIS. In the 2020 Draft Supplemental EIS/OEIS, the Navy assesses the potential environmental effects associated with continuing periodic military readiness activities in the GOA Temporary Maritime Activities Area (TMAA). The Navy welcomes public review and comments on the 2020 Draft Supplemental EIS/OEIS.
Reward Offered After ‘Trump’ Etched into Huge Manatee’s Back
Reward Offered After ‘Trump’ Etched into Huge Manatee’s Back
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CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. A $5,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the conviction of whoever etched “Trump” onto a manatee’s back in Citrus County, Florida.
“The manatee does not appear to be seriously injured, as it seems that the word was written in algae on the animal’s back,” said Charles Underwood, supervisor of Operations Support & Communications at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Jacksonville, who also confirmed in a Jan. 13 email to Zenger News that the agency is investigating the matter.
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Four advocacy groups have challenged the National Marine Fisheries Service’s (NMFS) failure to act on two petitions they filed asking the agency to expand the scope of a rule intended to protect ships from striking North Atlantic Right Whales (Right Whales). Plaintiffs the Whale and Dolphin Conservation, Defenders of Wildlife, Conservation Law Foundation, and Center for Biological Diversity contend that though the Right Whale is on the brink of extinction, the NMFS has been delinquent in deciding whether to adopt further protective measures in violation of Administrative Procedure Act (APA).
Right Whales primarily live and migrate along the eastern seaboard of North America, the complaint explains. Reportedly, the species is one of the most endangered large whales worldwide, despite Endangered Species Act (ESA) and Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) safeguards.
A former WWE wrestler said he is offering a $20,000 reward to find the suspects who defaced a Florida manatee by scrawling “Trump” onto its back. Dave.
The defaced manatee was found Sunday in the Homosassa River north of Tampa, the Citrus County Chronicle reported. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating the incident.
According to the Center for Biological Diversity, the perpetrators apparently scratched the word “Trump” into algae on the creature’s back.
“Manatees aren’t billboards, and people shouldn’t be messing with these sensitive and imperiled animals for any reason,” said Jaclyn Lopez, the Florida director at the center. “However this political graffiti was put on this manatee, it’s a crime to interfere with these creatures, which are protected under multiple federal laws.”