Subject: SW BIODIVERSITY ALERT
#85
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SOUTHWEST BIODIVERSITY ALERT
#85
7/22/97
SOUTHWEST CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL
DIVERSITY
silver
city, tucson, phoenix, san diego
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1. SUIT FILED
TO STOP BRIDGER SALVAGE TIMBER SALE
2. USFWS SPIN DOCTORS LIE IN PRESS
RELEASE: CLAIM JAGUAR IS NOT
LISTED AS ENDANGERED IN CALIFORNIA
OR LOUISIANA & THAT NO RECOVERY
PLAN WILL BE
PREPARED
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SUIT FILED TO
STOP BRIDGER SALVAGE TIMBER SALE
The Southwest Center for Biological
Diversity filed for a
temporary restraining order today in a Phoenix federal
court against
the Kaibab National Forest to halt illegal logging on the
Bridger Salvage
sales. The case will be heard this
Thursday.
The Bridger sales violate the Kaibab Forest Plan as well
as NEPA.
Kaibab Forest Plan standards call for leaving at least 3 to 5
reserve
trees per acre on all timber sales, but the Bridger sales will
clearcut
nearly 3,000 acres. NEPA requires agencies to consider a broad
range of
alternatives for any proposed action, yet the Forest Service
refused
to consider an alternative proposed by the Southwest Forest.
The
Forest Service justified its refusal by contending that the
alternative was
uneconomical. Apparently, the agency has
forgotten that it will lose
nearly $1 million in its selected plan.
guiding
mantra.
Fully aware of the
pending litigation, Stone Container is currently
logging the area at a
devastating pace. It has two full crews on site
and is hauling up to 40
truckloads of timber a day. At approximately
4,000 board feet per
truck, this means Stone is moving over 150,000 board
feet a day!
The
Center is represented by Hank Lacy (Phoenix).
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USFWS SPIN DOCTORS LIE IN PRESS
RELEASE: CLAIM JAGUAR IS NOT LISTED
AS ENDANGERED IN CALIFORNIA OR LOUISIANA
& THAT NO RECOVERY PLAN
WILL BE PREPARED
In a bizarre turn of
events, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service sent
out a fraudulent press
release falsely implying that the jaguar has
not been listed as endangered in
California and Louisiana, and directly
stating that no recovery plan will be
prepared.
The actual listing package, however, clearly states that the
jaguar is
listed throughout its entire historic range, including California
and
Louisiana. The package also states that a recovery plan will
be
prepared since current conservation plans are inadequate.
The
Clinton administration has long been loath to allow any species
protection in
California which could be controversial. The press
release was an ill fated
attempt to control the media spin prior to
the release of the official
listing
package.
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Kieran
Suckling
ksuckling@sw-center.org
Executive
Director
520.623.5252 phone
Southwest Center for Biological
Diversity 520.623.9797 fax
http://www.envirolink.org/orgs/sw-center
pob 710, tucson, az 85702-710