Ninth Circuit Says
Environmental Activists Must
Prove Harm To Species, Not
Just Allege It, To Invoke
Endangered Species Act
Idaho Rancher's Case Means
Environmentalists Can No
Longer Terrorize Property
Owners with Baseless
Allegations...more
Judge Orders Water Spilled
Over Dams for Migrating
Salmon
Lamprey should be
protected, suit urges
Cute it's not, but the
lamprey - a jawless fish of
ancient origin - deserves
protection under the federal
Endangered Species Act, said
a dozen West Coast
conservation groups in a
lawsuit they filed Wednesday.
The lawsuit, in the U.S.
District Court in Portland,
asks the court to require the
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
to take legal steps to
protect the Pacific, river,
western brook and Kern brook
species of lamprey.
(05/27/04) Eugene Register
Guard
Salmon pesticide ruling
baffles nurseries,
retail stores
Homeowners who use chemicals
in their battle against
weeds, tent caterpillars and
other pests might still be in
the dark about a federal
lawsuit designed to protect
salmon. It wasn't supposed
to be this way, given that a
federal judge asked
for warning notices in many
Puget Sound nurseries and
retail stores. In many cases,
the word about seven specific
pesticides is not getting to
the retail shelves, although
there is some debate about
whose fault that is. The
lawsuit by a coalition of
environmental groups prompted
a court order calling for
60-foot no-pesticide buffers
for streams that contain
threatened or endangered
salmon, including portions of
West Sound. (05/06/04)
Bremerton Sun...(more)
