It's time that we start bringing suits against the CBD. Who can do the job? 'Pod
Posted on 09/24/2004 9:58:10 AM PDT by sauropod
Agency to Designate Habitat for Dragonfly By JOHN FLESHER Associated Press Writer
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - Prodded by a lawsuit, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to designate critical habitat for an endangered dragonfly found in only a few Midwestern wetland areas.
The agency reached a settlement with five environmental groups that accused the government of shirking its responsibility to protect the Hine's emerald dragonfly.
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., signed an order last week to implement the agreement, said Brent Plater, an attorney for one of the groups, the Center for Biological Diversity.
The settlement "will force the Bush administration to put the developers' interests aside and rely on science, protecting our region's precious natural heritage," Plater said Tuesday.
Fish and Wildlife will begin developing a regulation next year to identify and protect the habitat, spokeswoman Gloria Parham said. The agency expects to issue a final rule by May 2007.
Once an area is designated critical habitat, federal agencies must consult with Fish and Wildlife scientists before taking or authorizing actions that might threaten the species, such as issuing permits to drain wetlands. The designation affects only projects that require federal approval.
The Hine's emerald dragonfly has disappeared from Indiana and Ohio, and is known to exist only in small pockets of Michigan's northeastern Lower Peninsula and in Illinois, Missouri and Wisconsin. The 2 1/2-inch-long insect has bright emerald-green eyes and a metallic green thorax, with yellow stripes on its sides.
Habitat loss is the biggest reason for its decline. Wetlands in the Upper Midwest have been drained for farming and urban development.
2004-09-22 11:40:30 GMT
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It's time that we start bringing suits against the CBD. Who can do the job? 'Pod
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Good thing this agency didn't exist when humans were trying to move out of their caves.
The proto-humans would've been sued for every tree they felled, uncontrolled fire they built, animal they killed, fish they caught, and stream they dammed.
Not far off the mark. Not far at all.
This is occurring under the radar right now because of WOT and the election, but more and more actions like this are taking place all over the country.
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Freedom Is Worth Fighting For!
Good 2 C U back on da 'net!
Thanks ~ I returned 7/9/04.
Liars.
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Good grief!!
Did you see this article about Fairy Shrimp?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1225267/posts
I can't tell you how this annoys me. Do you know what a FAIRY shrimp is ? I have on tape somewhere a show that was on the Discovery Channel a couple years ago. It was about the 10 most hard to kill creatures on earth. Fairy Shrimp (these were in Africa) were one of the 10. You can freeze 'em. You can boil 'em, for 10 minutes, but it won't kill 'em. They are EVERYWHERE.
Remember Sea Monkeys? Fairy Shrimp.
John Edwards? ...ducking...
LOL!! Yeah, well that, too!
BTTT!!!!!!
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