And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ENN E-mail Edition for Tuesday, July 6, 1999 Produced by the Environmental News Network Fish reintroduction plan sparks controversy A plan to reintroduce westslope cutthroat trout to 77 miles of stream in their native Montana habitat has environmentalists walking on the egg shells of a moral dilemma. The plan involves the use of toxic chemicals in pristine mountain waters to kill non-native fish species. Full Story: http://www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/1999/07/070699/wslope_4165.asp Nitrogen pollution, algae blooms linked A North Carolina Sea Grant study released June 30 blames increased atmospheric nitrogen pollution for harmful algae bloom activity in the North Atlantic Ocean Basin. "The study is significant because it reconfirms that atmospheric nitrogen has been found to be a regional and global source of pollution," said Hans Paerl, author of the report, which appeared in the June issue of the peer-reviewed Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences' journal Ambio. He was one of the first environmental scientists to identify atmospheric nitrogen as a possible pollutant Full Story: http://www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/1999/07/070699/blooms_4162.asp Conservation act gains support The Conservation and Reinvestment Act, considered by some the most beneficial conservation legislation in the last 50 years, has won the support of both Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives. As of Thursday, 100 members of the House were cosponsors of the bill. Full Story: http://www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/1999/07/070699/cara_4138.asp Non-native frogs hitch to Galapagos Islands Due to their intolerance to salt water, amphibians have generally been absent from the Galapagos Islands for the past several million years, researchers say. Historically only fish, reptiles, birds and mammals have been present in the remote oceanic archipelago. But recent human activity and climate change may have combined to alter the situation and frogs are now one of many non-native species found in the Galapagos. Full Story: http://www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/1999/07/070699/frog_3967.asp ENN Feature Site of the Week: The Heat is Online Author Ross Gelbspan has now launched a web site called The Heat is Online, which continues the work started in his book, The Heat is On: the High Stakes Battle over Earth's Threatened Climate. Full Story: http://www.enn.com/features/1999/07/070699/070699sow_4166.asp Tricking the gypsy moth The U.S. Forest Service and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources will use pheromone treatments to prevent gypsy moths from mating in wooded areas along the Lake Michigan shoreline. The effort is aimed at protecting the large concentration of endangered Karner Blue butterflies there. Great Lakes Radio Consortium (1:06) Full Story: http://www.enn.com/enn-multimedia-archive/1999/07/070699/070699glrc8_4163.asp The Environment Show On this week's program: negotiators from the U.S. and Canada have come to an agreement on a treaty covering salmon fishing in the Northwest and Alaska; the impressive Congo Gorilla exhibit is opening at the Bronx Zoo; a profile of the environment group TreeUtah; loggerhead turtles are nesting on the islands off the coast of South Carolina; Peter Berle holds a discussion on the issue of dam removal and how this can help waterways and the life they support; helpful hints on natural remedies to kill fleas; scientists at the University of Colorado at Boulder say that massive ice shelves are breaking away from the continent of Antarctica. (53:51) Full Story: http://www.enn.com/enn-multimedia-archive/1999/07/070699/070699esho_4164.asp Cracking down on ballast water stowaways Ships entering U.S. waters often carry ballast water if they are empty of cargo. When the ship is in port and ready to take on freight, the ballast water is drained into the harbor, introducing foreign plants and animals into the ecosystem. Earthwatch Radio (2:02) Full Story: http://www.enn.com/enn-multimedia-archive/1999/07/070699/070699crac_4161.asp Reprinted under the fair use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&