>From the Center for Biological Diversity's web site, dated October 24, 2012:

"Twenty-one conservation groups sent a letter to the Obama administration today, asking
it to withdraw from a recent agreement with the timber industry that, if approved by a
federal court, would eliminate protection from 3,887,800 acres of critical habitat for the
marbled murrelet until 2018."

Complete text of their press release may be found at the web site:

http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2012/marbled-murrelet-10-24-201
2.html

with additional information at:

http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/species/birds/marbled_murrelet/index.html

and

http://action.biologicaldiversity.org/o/2167/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=117
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Doug Canning
Olympia Wash.