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May 14, 2001
Wildlife Habitat Near Yellowstone National Park Threatened By Rush To Develop Energy
Seeking to safeguard an area of key wildlife habitat near Yellowstone National Park, Earthjustice served notice of plans to ask a federal judge to review oil and gas leasing decisions by the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management.
May 10, 2001
BLM Violates Court Order on Tortoise Protection
The US Bureau of Land Management violated its agreement to protect the threatened desert tortoise, according to a court decision issued this week in a contempt hearing filed by Earthjustice.
May 8, 2001
Court Upholds Forest Service In Challenge By Oil Industry
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision upholds US Forest Service authority to withhold lands along Montana's Rocky Mountain Front from oil and gas development.
May 7, 2001
Conservationists Seek Voice in Wetlands Litigation
Conservationists today officially requested that they be allowed to participate in settlement discussions between the Bush administration and industry groups regarding a key rule designed to protect wetlands.
May 7, 2001
Groups Uncover Government Documents Showing Pesticides Can Harm Salmon
Documents show the EPA has determined that pesticides harm fish but has failed to take required action.
May 4, 2001
President Bush Moves to Gut Forest Service Roadless Rule
In yet another rollback of Clinton-era environmental protection measures, Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman announced that the Bush administration would seek to reverse a nation-wide rule protecting roadless lands on the national forests.
May 3, 2001
Broad Coalition Sues Feds over Salmon
Coalition of conservation, fishing, and business groups file a major Endangered Species Act lawsuit to save Columbia and Snake River salmon from extinction.
May 2, 2001
House Bill Introduced Yesterday Takes Aim at Clean Air & Water, Species and More; A Polluter Gift Package
Reacting to a bill introduced in the House of Representatives yesterday, Earthjustice warned that the measure is the latest in an increasingly long line of efforts to roll back environmental protections in the United States.
May 2, 2001
California-Based Longline Fishine Fleet Threatens Sea Turtles
Facing new restrictions in the waters of Hawai'i, a fleet of longline fishing vessels are relocating to California to avoid a federal judge's decision to enforce protections for the endangered leatherback sea turtle. Earthjustice filed suit asking the National Marine Fisheries Service to close this regulatory loophole and enforce the Endangered Species Act.
May 1, 2001
Conservationists, Congressional Members Urge Bush to Listen to Americans, Record 1.6 Million Comments; Leave Forests Protected
Reacting to indications from the Bush Administration that it intends to roll back protections for the nation's national forests, leaders from Congress and the environmental and religious communities today held a press conference on Capitol Hill to demand full and immediate implementation of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule.
April 27, 2001
Developers' Lawsuit Attacks Open Space Victory in East Bay
Environmental and smart growth groups joined the defense of the Save Agriculture and Open Space Lands Initiative ("Measure D") in Alameda County Superior Court against a legal attack by development interests who had opposed it.
April 20, 2001
Court Order to Stop Roadless Logging Defended
A court order that halted logging in roadless areas of the Tongass National Forest was defended in court by forest conservation groups.
April 20, 2001
Endangered Manatees Awarded New Protections Thanks to Landmark Legal Settlement
Florida's endangered manatee population received a welcome boost in a landmark legal settlement reached between conservationists and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
April 11, 2001
Bush Administration Seeks to Gut Endangered Species Act
Instead of asking Congress to adequately fund the US Fish and Wildlife Service's division that enforces the Endangered Species Act the administration is seeking to strip key provisions from the Act to make it cheaper to administer.
April 10, 2001
Conservation Groups to Sue U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for Failing to Protect California Spotted Owl and Pacifisc Fisher
The Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Nevada Forest Protection Campaign and other conservation groups notified the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of their intention to sue the agency for failing to protect the California spotted owl and Pacific fisher under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).