Subject: FW: SW BIODIVERSITY ALERT #31

Subject: SW BIODIVERSITY ALERT #31

* ************* Southwest Biodiversity Alert #31 *****************
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*            southwest center for biological diversity           *
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1.  NEW YORK TIMES ANTI-SALVAGE LOGGING AD TARGETS CLINTON

2.  FOREST SERVICE TRIES TO ILLEGALLY LOG DURING LOGGING BAN, AGAIN

3.  FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE PERMITS KILLING OF 90 SOUTHWESTERN
    WILLOW FLYCATCHERS- 9% OF ENTIRE SPECIES.

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1.  NEW YORK TIMES ANTI-SALVAGE LOGGING AD TARGETS CLINTON

On Friday, August 31st, a full page ad in the western edition of the
New York Times asked Clinton to not allow any exceptions to a
ban on salvage logging of roadless areas. The headline read:
"Candidate Clinton, only you can stop the Salvage Scandal killing
our national Forests", the subheading stated: "suspicious fire sales
and lawless logging threaten pristine national forests in every
western state...including California". A text box insert discussed
specific roadless sales in Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, New
Mexico, Oregon, and Washington.

The ad was initiated by the Southwest Center and designed by the
Public Media Center. It was signed by the Southwest Center, Blue
Mountain Biodiversity Project, California Wilderness Coalition,
Californians Against Clinton's Clearcuts, Earthlaw, The Ecology
Center, Forest Guardians, Idaho Sporting Congress, Inland Empire
Public Lands Council, Kalmiopsis Audubon Society, Maricopa
Audubon Society, New Alliance for the Forest, North Coast
Environmental Center, Northwest Ecosystem Alliance, Oregon
Sierra Club, Save America's Forests, Sierra Club (Grand Canyon
Chapter, Northern Arizona Group, Palo Verde Group), SINAPU,
Southern Oregon Wildlife Watch, Southern Utah Wilderness
Alliance, Dr. Bron Taylor, Western Ancient Forest Campaign,
Williams Watershed Protection Association.

A second ad in the national edition of the New York Times will be
published soon.

2.  FOREST SERVICE TRIES TO ILLEGALLY LOG DURING LOGGING BAN, AGAIN

Despite a court ordered ban on all logging in every southwestern
National Forest in effect since August, 1995, the Apache-Sitgreaves
National Forest has issued the Cottonwood Salvage Timber Sale under
the logging without laws rider. This is the second time the forest
has attempted to violated the court order. Earlier this summer it
resumed logging for one day before the court issued a blistering
demand to stop.

The plaintiffs in the suit are challenging the new sale under the
existing logging injunction.

3.  FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE PERMITS KILLING OF 90 SOUTHWESTERN
    WILLOW FLYCATCHERS- 9% OF ENTIRE SPECIES.

Under intense pressure from developers, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service is allowing the Bureau of Reclamation to fill the new
expanded Roosevelt Dam, even though it will result in the loss of
90 endangered Southwestern Willow Flycatcher's per year.  The
Southwest Center is currently suing BuRec over the project and
will now have to sue the Fish and Wildlife Service as well.

Only 500 pairs of flycatchers are thought to exist throughout its
entire range. Though the Fish and Wildlife Service has stated that
"extinction is foreseeable," it has permitted developers, road
builders, and industrial farms to take over 12% of the entire
species.