>Date: Thu, 3 Aug 1995 14:00:49 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Christopher Hill <cehill at u.washington.edu>

> Using documented
>nests from the past year as the only acceptable criterion for Marbled
>Murrelet nesting in a given stand makes no sense.

"...past year..."? The Congress' requirement is even more stringent
than that. "Current" is the operational word:

" c) We further intended the requirement that a threatened or
endangered bird "is" known to be nesting to require information
that nesting is currently occurring. Nesting in a prior year is
not sufficient. Unless there is direct evidence of current
nesting, the sale unit must be released."

In other words, not even proven (recent past) nesting sites are of
interest. Use it or lose it......
Peter