H Curl:
>(Of course, the courts don't always rule in "our" favor; witness
>the recent rulings in a District Court in Oregon.)

Unfortunately, though the ruling went against the administration
the court, I think, made the right call.

It was Clinton who screwed up by signing the rider.

> Moreover, its most
>Odious provision requires that MAMU nesting be known, or words to that
>effect, to prevent timber harvest.

Uhhh, as I said in my other post (which perhaps hasn't reached you)
this is only the second most odious provision (well, one of a
set of second most odious provisions:)

The MOST odious provision is that the bill then goes on to define
"known" in a way that tosses out all but a handful of known nesting
sites, politically rejecting the existing survey protocol.

>IMO the Clinton Administration was snookered on this one.

I think that's THEIR view, as well. They admitted as much when
Clinton began mouthing a bit about wanting to get it repealed.

Though it took Elizabeth Furse to actually get the ball started,
and thus far Clinton's not done anything visible to help her.


- Don Baccus, Portland OR <donb at rational.com>