Increase in State-permitted Fur Trapping Leads to Illegal Trapping of Wild Cat BOISE, Idaho–(ENEWSPF)–April 7, 2014. Three conservation groups initiated a lawsuit today against the governor of Idaho and other state officials to halt trapping that illegally kills one of the rarest cats in the United States, the Canada lynx. The[Read More…]
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Lawsuit Launched to Rescue Alabama’s Disappearing Slenderclaw Crayfish
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.–(ENEWSPF)–April 7, 2014. The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal notice of intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today over its failure to protect Alabama’s slenderclaw crayfish under the Endangered Species Act. The Center petitioned for protection of the crayfish in 2010, but the agency[Read More…]
NIAAA Recognizes Alcohol Awareness Month 2014
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 7, 2014. April is Alcohol Awareness Month, a time to learn about the health and social problems caused by drinking too much. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) encourages the public to dedicate this month to understanding how excessive drinking can affect health, to evaluating[Read More…]
Prairie State College Art Student Bolsters Résumé with Real Life Experience on Campus
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–April 7, 2014. Prairie State College (PSC) art student Olivia Willoughby has always been interested in pursuing a career in art. However, it wasn’t until she had been in college for a couple years studying journalism that she realized how strong her passion was. The Homewood-Flossmoor High School graduate[Read More…]
Tony Award Winning Theater Brings Play to Prairie State College on April 21
CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPF)—April 7, 2014. Prairie State College (PSC) is hosting a Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at 11 a.m., Monday, April 21, in the Conference Center Auditorium on the PSC main campus, located at 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights. The event is[Read More…]
Craig Schmidt and Marie Hansel Named Vice Presidents at Prairie State College
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–April 7, 2014. Prairie State College (PSC) recently named two to vice president positions with the college. Craig Schmidt was named vice president, community and economic development, and Dr. Marie Hansel was named vice president, academic affairs. As vice president, community and economic development, Schmidt plans, organizes, and implements[Read More…]
Meet Janiah Jones, Rich East Stellar Student
Janiah Jones, Rich East Stellar Student. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— This is another in a series of stellar students from "The Class of 2014" at Rich East High School in Park Forest, Ill. All students were given a series of the same questions. All responses are in their exact[Read More…]
Wildlife Groups Seek to Protect Endangered Jaguar’s Critical Habitat in Arizona and New Mexico
Tucson, AZ –(ENEWSPF)—April 7, 2014. The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and WildEarth Guardians (Guardians) have notified the United States Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services program of their intent to sue over the program’s failure to ensure that its activities do not harm rare and endangered jaguars or their critical habitat[Read More…]
Citing Climate Damage, More than 100 Scientists, Economists Urge Obama and Kerry to Reject Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–April 7, 2014 – More than 100 leading scientists and economists are calling on the Obama Administration to deny the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline because it will trigger massive development of the world’s dirtiest oil, and escalate climate change. They include Nobel Prize winners in physics and economics,[Read More…]
In and Around Park Forest Week of April 7, 2014
The 2014 inductees to the Park Forest Hall of Fame: (seated) Ruth Henkel, Robert G. Pierce, A. Wayne Mann, Lois Navid and Jane Navid Joseph representing Robert and Ruth Navid. (Standing) James Henkel, Terry Medhurst, representing Ralph and Terry, and a rep. from Rich East High School. (ENEWSPF) Park Forest,[Read More…]
