Subject: SW BIODIVERSITY ALERT
#94
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SOUTHWEST BIODIVERSITY ALERT
#94
9/24/97
SOUTHWEST CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL
DIVERSITY
silver
city, tucson, phoenix, san
diego
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1.
GOSHAWK ON THE WAY TO ENDANGERED LISTING IN WESTERN
STATES-
USFWS DETERMINES LISTING PETITION IS
VALID
2. GRAZING RIDER ATTEMPTS TO OVERULE SW
GRAZING/LOGGING
INJUNCTION- LETTERS, CALLS
NEEDED
3.
IBLA UPHOLDS REMOVAL OF CATTLE FROM BLM LAND IN
SOUTHEAST
UTAH
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GOSHAWK ON THE WAY TO ENDANGERED
LISTING IN WESTERN STATES-
USFWS DETERMINES LISTING PETITION IS
VALID
Capping a bitter six year battle, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife
Service, on September 22, 1997, issued a ruling that a
petition
filed by the Southwest Center to list the Northern goshawk
as
endangered in the western U.S. (excluding Alaska),
presented
substantial scientific information indicating that the
goshawk
may warrant listing as an endangered species. This is the first
of
three hurdles to a final listing, it took six years and two
lawsuits to
accomplish.
The Northern goshawks lives in old growth forests throughout
the
West, primarily drier ponderosa pine, lodge pole pine, and
aspen
forests. It is threatened by logging, overgrazing, and
industrial
recreation.
Successful suits to overturn previous denial
were filed by the
Southwest Center, the Southern Utah Wilderness Association,
ONRC,
Sierra Club, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Biodiversity
Legal
Foundation, the Ecology Center, Save the West, Friends of
the Bow, and
others.
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GRAZING
RIDER ATTEMPTS TO OVERULE GRAZING/LOGGING INJUNCTION-
LETTERS, CALLS
NEEDED
Senator Pete Domenici (R, NM) has attached a rider to the
Senate
Interior Appropriations bill, barring the Forest Service
from
spending any money to comply with the Ninth Circuit Court of
Appeals
order to halt illegal grazing in AZ and NM. The Forest
Service itself admits
that 715 allotments, 2/3 of the entire SW
grazing program, violate Forest
Plan standards and guidelines
designed to protect endangered species, rivers,
and riparian forests.
A list of Senate and House subcommittee members is
included at the
bottom of this alert. Please call or write them today,
demanding
they strip this dangerous rider from the Interior
Appropriations
bill.
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IBLA
UPHOLDS REMOVAL OF CATTLE FROM BLM LAND IN SOUTHEAST
UTAH
The Interior Land Board of
Appeals has upheld a 1993 order banishing
cattle from tributaries of Comb
Wash in southeast Utah. The ruling
culminates a three year appeal effort by
Joseph Feller (Arizona State
University Law School), National Wildlife
Federation, and the
Southern Utah Wilderness
Allliance.
The order
effectively reduced grazing by 10 percent (350 cows) on a
72,000 acre BLM
grazing allotment leased by the Ute Mountain
Ute Indian tribe because the BLM
refused to analyze the impacts of
grazing on the canyon
ecosystem.
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Senate
Interior Appropriations Subcommittee
Senator Gorton; WA
Address:
Senator Slade Gorton
730 Hart
SOB
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202)
224-3441
Senator Stevens; AK
Email:
senator_stevens@stevens.senate.gov
Address: Senator for
Alaska
United States
Senate
Washington, DC
20510
Phone: (202) 224-3004
Senator Cochran; MS
Email:
senator@cochran.senate.gov
Address: Senator
Cochran
326 Russell
SOB
Washington, DC 20510
Phone:
202-224-5054
Senator Domenici; NM
Email:
Senator_Domenici@domenici.senate.gov
Address: Senator
Domenici
328 Hart
SOB
Washington, DC
20510-3101
Pahone: (202) 224-6621
FAX: (202)
224-3844 TTY/TDD
Senator Burns; MT
Email:
conrad_burns@burns.senate.gov
Address: Senator
Burns
187 Dirksen
SOB
Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone:
202/224-2644
FAX: 202/224-8594
Senator Bennett;
UT
Address: U.S. Senator Bob
Bennett
431 Dirksen
SOB
Washington, D.C.
20510-4403
Phone: (202) 224-5444
Senator Gregg; NH
Email:
mailbox@gregg.senate.gov
Address: Senator
Gregg
393 Russell
SOB
Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone:
(202) 224-3324
Senator Campbell; CO
Address: Senator
Campbell
380 Russell
SOB
Washington, DC 20510-0605
Phone:
202-224-5852
Senator Byrd; WV
Email:
Senator_Byrd@Byrd.Senate.gov
Address: Senator
byrd
311 Hart
SOB
Washington, DC 20510-4801
Phone:
202-224-3954
Senator Leahy; VT
Email:
senator_leahy@leahy.senate.gov
Address: Senator
Leahy
433 Russell
SOB
Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone:
(202) 224-4242
Senator Bumpers; AR
Email:
senator@bumpers.senate.gov
Address: Senator
Bumpers
229 Dirksen
SOB
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202)
224-4843
Fax: (202) 224-6435
Senator Hollings;
SC
Email: senator@hollings.senate.gov
Address:
Senator Reid;
NV
Email: senator_reid@reid.senate.gov
Phone:
202/224-3542
FAX: 202/224-7327
Senator Dorgan;
ND
Email: senator@dorgan.senate.gov
Address:
Senator Boxer.
CA
Email: Senator@Boxer.Senate.Gov
Address: Senator
Boxer
112 Hart
SOB
Washington DC, 20510
Phone: 202
224 3553
House Interior Subcommittee
Rep. Regula, Ohio,
Chairman
Address: Congressman
Regula
2309 Rayburn
HOB
Washington, D.C.
20515
Phone: (202) 225-3876
Fax: (202)
225-3059
Rep. Yates, Ill.
Rep. McDade, Penn.
Rep. Murtha,
Penn.
Email: murtha@mail.house.gov
Address: Congressman
Murtha
PO Box
780
Johnstown, PA 15907-0780
Phone:
202-225-2065
Rep. Kolbe, Ariz.
Email:
jimkolbe@hr.house.gov
Address: Congressman
Kolbe
205 Cannon
HOB
Washington, DC 20515
Phone:
202-225-2542
Rep. Norman Dicks, Wash.
Rep. Skeen,
N.M.
Address: Congressman Skeen
2302 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC
20515
Phone: 202-225-2365
Rep. Skaggs, Colo.
Email:
skaggs@hr.house.gov
Address: Congressman
Skaggs
1124 Longworth
HOB
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone:
(202) 225-2161
Fax: (202) 226-3806
Rep. Taylor,
N.C.
Email: chtaylor@hr.house.gov
Address:
Rep. Moran,
Va.
Email: Jim.Moran@mail.house.gov
Address: Congressman
Moran
1214 Longworth
HOB
Washington, DC 20515-4608
Phone:
(202) 225-4376
Rep. Nethercutt, Jr., Wash.
Email:
grnwa05@hr.house.gov
Address: Congressman Nethercutt,
Jr.
1527 Longworth
HOB
Washington, DC 20515
Rep.
Miller, Fla.
Email: aburnsid@hr.house.gov
Rep. Wamp,
Tenn.
Address: Congressman Wamp
423 Cannon HOB
Washington, DC
20515
Phone: (202) 225-3271
Fax: (202)
225-3494
_____________________________________________________________________________
Kieran
Suckling
ksuckling@sw-center.org
Executive
Director
520.623.5252 phone
Southwest Center for Biological
Diversity 520.623.9797 fax
http://www.sw-center.org
pob 710, tucson, az 85702-710