Posts Tagged ‘mortality’

Former mill owner charged after massive fish kill

by Associated Press Published: December 27,2012

Tags: contaminate, contamination, court, crime, death, ecosystem, environment, federal government, fish, justice, kill, law, legal, mill, mortality, paper, plant, pollutant, pollution, pulp, wildlife

PEARL RIVER — The Justice Department has filed two criminal misdemeanor charges against Temple-Inland, the former owner of a paper mill in Bogalusa, La., for violating federal environmental laws. The charges stem from a five-day spill of pollutants from the company’s paper plant into the Pearl River in August 2011. A bill of information filed [...] [...]

Farmers concerned about disease that threatens bats

by MBJ Staff Published: October 26,2012

Tags: agriculture, animal, bat, ecosystem, education, environment, Extension Service, farm, farmer, farming, fungus, higher education, insect, insecticide, mammal, mortality, pesticiade, public university, research, researcher, science, scientist, wildlife

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Bats, an organic method of pest control, may become rare in the United States and Canada. The primary predators of night-flying insects, bats reduce the need for chemical pesticides and save the agriculture industry an estimated $3 billion per year in pest-control costs. But bat populations across the Eastern United States are [...] [...]

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