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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).
April 4, 2001
Klamath River Salmon Receive a Major Boost from Federal Court Ruling
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is in violation of the Endangered Species Act ("ESA") in its operation of the Klamath Project in southern Oregon and northern California.
April 4, 2001
Court Orders Protection of Tongass Roadless Areas and New Wilderness Study
The US District Court for the District of Alaska ruled that the Forest Service violated federal laws when the agency refused to consider any new wilderness areas in the 1997 Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Tongass Land Management Plan Revision.
April 2, 2001
Environmental Groups File for Summary Judgment in Forest Service Grazing Case
Earthjustice has filed a motion for summary judgment Monday in a region-wide grazing challenge against the Forest Service in Arizona and New Mexico.
April 2, 2001
Earthjustice Defends Clinton-Era Forest Service Decision to Not Issue Oil and Gas Leases Along Rocky Mountain Front
Earthjustice attorney Jim Angell presented oral arguments in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals defending a 1997 Clinton administration decision to not issue permits for oil and gas drilling on the Rocky Mountain Front.
April 2, 2001
Conservation Groups File a Motion to Intervene in Jarbidge Dispute
Public lands giveaway by Bush administration at center of dispute
March 30, 2001
Bush Administration Fails to Defend Forest Conservation Policy
In federal court, the Bush Administration failed to defend the Roadless Area Conservation Rule pertaining to national forests in the United States and delayed commenting on the process until May 4, 2001.
March 29, 2001
BLM Ignoring Agreement to Protect Desert Tortoise
To months after a court approved a negotiated agreement the U.S. Bureau of Land Management has done nothing to comply with the consent decree to reduce livestock grazing on public land to protect the desert tortoise.
March 28, 2001
Groups File Motion to Dismiss Challenge to New National Monuments
Earthjustice filed a motion to dismiss a case challenging the President's authority to establish and protect national monuments.
March 22, 2001
Judge Approves California Desert Protection Settlement
March 21, 2001
Environmentalists Praise EPA Rejection of Bay Area Clean Air Plan
EPA announced that it will send Bay Area air quality agencies back to the drawing board to develop a more aggressive clean air plan for the region.
March 21, 2001
Bush Administration Mounts New Attacks on Northwest Salmon and Roadless Rule
The Bush Administration has withdrawn an important piece of the salmon protection puzzle for inland river habitat in eastern Washington, eastern Oregon, and Idaho in a move that also undermines the Roadless Area Conservation Rule that protected almost 60 million acres of national forest.