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March 26, 1999 | Press Release

Florida Offshore Oil Drilling Permits Denied

Florida environmentalists defeated Coastal Petroleum Company's efforts to obtain twelve offshore drilling permits ranging from Naples to St. George Island.

March 24, 1999 | Press Release

Conservation Groups Sue Government to Protect Mark Twain's Celebrated Jumping Frogs

Earthjustice filed suit challenging the federal government's failure to identify and protect critical habitat for the threatened California red-legged frog.

March 23, 1999 | Press Release

Canadian Government Criticized for Failure to Protect Endangered Species

American conservation groups Defenders of Wildlife and Northwest Ecosystem Alliance petitioned the US Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Commerce to certify Canada under US trade law for that country's lack of any federal Endangered Species Act legislation.

March 3, 1999 | Press Release

Anglers and Conservation Groups File Suit to Protect Steelhead Trout Populations in Oregon and California

Sport fishing and conservation organizations filed suit in federal court to gain Endangered Species Act protection for two steelhead fish populations in southern Oregon and northern California.

February 24, 1999 | Press Release

Lawsuit Filed to Halt Killing of Endangered Sea Turtles by Longline Fishery in Hawaii

The Center for Marine Conservation and the Sea Turtle Restoration Project, represented by Earthjustice, filed a lawsuit in federal court for the district of Hawai`i to stop the ongoing killing of endangered sea turtles by Hawai`i's longline fishery.

February 19, 1999 | Press Release

Appeals Court Blocks Timber Sales on Chattahoochee National Forest

A three-judge panel in Atlanta ruled that the Forest Service failed to conduct the necessary population survey of rare and sensitive species before approving logging projects on the Chattahoochee National Forest.

February 5, 1999 | Press Release

Motion Filed to Force Fish and Wildlife to Comply with 1995 Court Order on Grizzlies

Earthjustice filed a motion on behalf of 19 conservation groups against the US Fish and Wildlife Service to force the agency to comply with a 1995 federal court order to address serious deficiencies in the Grizzly Bear Recovery Plan.

January 22, 1999 | Press Release

Oregon and Federal Government Drop Appeal to Block Coho Salmon Listing

Fishermen and conservationists applauded Oregon Governor Kitzhaber and the Clinton Administration for choosing to end a court battle over Endangered Species Act protection for Oregon coastal coho salmon.

January 15, 1999 | Press Release

Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Threatened Listing for Santa Ana Sucker

Two fish conservation organizations and their lawyers announced that the federal government has proposed listing the Santa Ana sucker fish as threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act.

December 16, 1998 | Press Release

Santa Ana Sucker May Get Federal Protection

Fish conservation organizations announce the federal government has agreed to determine, once and for all, whether the Santa Ana sucker fish deserves protection under the federal Endangered Species Act.

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