http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/28/opinion/sean-lennon-destroying-precious-land-for-gas.html?_r=1&emc=eta1

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/28/business/military-spending-on-biofuels-draws-fire.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&pagewanted=all&adxnnlx=1346173586-moVnLXKffOyfA6lVCajYrA

http://www.audubonmagazine.org/articles/conservation/battle-over-north-carolina-beach-continues

Here is a report on the August 8th meeting of the Atlantic States Marine Fishery Commission striped bass management board that dealt primarily with the proposed commercial tagging program. The press release from the ASMFC is copied in at the end.

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2012/08/26/2245299/group-files-petition-to-use-weevils.html

http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/outdoors/2012/aug/25/snake-river-anglers-cashing-pikeminnow-reward-fishery/

http://hamptonroads.com/2012/08/coastal-journal-shorebird-invasion

http://rewilding.org/rewildit/2300/prairie-dog-preservation-black-footed-ferret-viedo/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+

http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/npr/160128351/methane-making-an-appearance-in-pa-water-supplies

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/08/27/4762617/yosemite-2-hantavirus-deaths-campers.html