Subject: Condors etc
Date: Dec 9 15:02:08 1996
From: mwaller at wolfenet.com - mwaller at wolfenet.com


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>Tweets,
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>A couple of items of interest.
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>Mike
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>>From: Roger Featherstone <rfeather at clark.net>
>>GREENLines, Mon. Dec. 9, 1996, from GREEN,
>>the Grassroots Environmental Effectiveness Network,
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>>(202)789-2844x288 or email rfeather at clark.net
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>>CONDOR DATE: Six young CA condors will be freed this Thursday to soar
>>over the Vermillion Cliffs of northern AZ in an effort to restore a
>>population of the bird in that area, says Reuter news service. The
>>birds were bred in captivity and will be released in a sparsely
>>populated area anticipated to be safer for the birds than current range
>>in southern CA. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt said he does not
>>anticipate resistance from local residents. "It is a peaceful and
>>indeed a pacifist bird," with no interest in attacking living animals,
>>Babbitt said.
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>>PLUM CREEK VISIT: The Pacific Crest Biodiversity Project took their
>>complaints about the Plum Creek Corporation's proposed habitat
>>conservation plan (HCP) directly to the company recently when they
>>organized an effort by 30 activists to deliver a letter opposing the
>>HCP to the company's offices in downtown Seattle. They didn't get to
>>the 23rd floor, but two company officials did come down to meet them.
>>"If the company is truly pursuing good-faith negotiations with the
>>Forest Service on a land exchange, why does it refuse to suspend plans
>>to log many of these sensitive areas?" said the group's David Atcheson.
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>>CANADIAN BILL: Committee hearings continue this week in Ottawa on Bill
>>C-65 for a Canadian ESA, says the Canadian Endangered Species
>>Coalition. The bill was debated in the House of Commons November 29;
>>during a January legislative recess, field hearings may be held in
>>Edmonton and Vancouver. Letters in support of a strong ESA,
>>particularly encouraging provisions to protect transboundary species,
>>can be sent to Charles Caccia, Chair, Standing Committee on
>>Environment, 353-S Centre Block, House of Commons, Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6,
>>or by email to caccicO at parl.gc.ca.
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>>TIMBER NOT DOMINANT?: "Timber isn't the primary use of the national
>>forests and hasn't been for some time," Jack Ward Thomas told the
>>Portland Oregonian in an interview before his recent retirement as
>>Chief of the Forest Service. The agency's David Unger will serve as
>>chief until a new chief is selected.
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