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May 25, 2021
Governor Brad Little announced today Mike Edmondson will take over as administrator of the Governor’s Office of Species Conservation.
Residing under the Office of the Governor, OSC provides coordination on all Endangered Species Act issues among state agencies and acts as a policy, technical, and legal resource for the state, industry, and Idaho citizens.
Edmondson has worked at OSC for 14 years, serving as interim administrator, program manager, and aquatic species manager and policy advisor. Edmondson also worked for 14 years at the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality in surface water quality. Edmondson is a graduate of California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo where he earned a degree in Ecology and Systematic Biology.
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Edmondson will lead the efforts of Sage Grouse and Salmon recovery. (John L. Braese/Patch Photo Agency)
BOISE, ID Governor Brad Little announced Monday Mike Edmondson will take over as administrator of the Governor s Office of Species Conservation (OSC).
Click here to subscribe to our free breaking news alerts delivered to your inbox and mobile devices. You can also download our free Patch mobile app on Android or iPhone. Mike Edmundson has a long history of working with landowners and industry to ensure that Idaho works to conserve and recover species while our economy remains vibrant. He has a proven track record in natural resource policy, and he was instrumental in leading my Salmon Workgroup. I am confident he will carry over that leadership and collaborative spirit into his new role as OSC administrator, Governor Little said.
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Weight-loss maintainers sit less than weight-stable people
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24 May 2021, 21:18 GMT+10
Washington [US], May 24 (ANI): According to the findings of a new study, people who are successful at weight-loss maintenance spend less time sitting during the week and weekends compared to weight-stable individuals with obesity.
Published online in Obesity, the Obesity Society s flagship journal, this is the first study to examine time spent in various sitting activities among weight-loss maintainers.
Prior findings from 2006 in the National Weight Control Registry indicated that weight-loss maintainers watched significantly less television than controls, but other sitting activities were not examined. In the current study, weight-loss maintainers did not significantly differ from controls in reported weekly sitting time spent watching television but did differ in time spent in non-work-related time using a computer or video game.