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	Endagered Species Act in the Southeast, Wildfire Management,&nbsp;Frog genetics,&nbsp;Fisheries Collapse, and Other News</h2>
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		The US Fish and Wildlife Service made headlines this week by announcing it would begin a <span style="color: rgb(0, 115, 174); "><strong><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/09/26/26greenwire-interior-to-consider-endangered-species-listin-98428.html">review process of</a></strong></span><strong><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/09/26/26greenwire-interior-to-consider-endangered-species-listin-98428.html">&nbsp;374 water-dependent species</a></strong> for inclusion under the Endangered Species Act. &nbsp;The species announced include&nbsp;13 amphibians, six amphipods, 17 beetles, three birds, four butterflies, six caddisflies, 81 crayfish, 14 dragonflies, 43 fish, one springfly, two isopods, four mammals, one moth, 35 mussels, six non-vascular plants, 12 reptiles, 43 snails, eight stoneflies and 75 vascular plants.</li>
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		In his <span style="color: rgb(0, 115, 174); "><strong><a href="http://www.sciencefriday.com/">Science Friday show</a></strong></span>, Ira Flatow interviews leading researchers in the southwest on &quot;<strong><a href="http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/201109231">Managing Forests to Manage Wildfires</a>,</strong>&quot; discussing fire ecology and new management techniques for controlling wildfires.</li>
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		Dwindling frog numbers have been a large concern throughout the conservation community for a number of years. &nbsp;Now, researchers believe they&#39;ve <span style="color: rgb(0, 115, 174); "><strong><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15060980">discovered genes that protect certain frog species</a>&nbsp;</strong></span>from deadly fungal diseases, paving the way for large strides in frog conservation efforts.</li>
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		&nbsp;The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) began a <span style="color: rgb(0, 115, 174); "><strong><a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2011/09/28/140805298/water-water-everywhere-but-not-enough-to-waste">new campaign for protecting fresh water resources</a></strong></span> around the world this week, citing the immense importance of fresh water to global agriculture production.</li>
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		Researchers at Scripps Institute of Oceanography at UC San Diego published an article on the <strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110926173139.htm">disparity between fish populations in two Southern California fisheries and catch rate</a></strong>, leading to fisheries collapse.&nbsp;</li>
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