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1. HOGAN REJECTS STAY ON COHO ESA DELISTING
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Tuesday, September 09, 2003 (PST) |
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U.S. District Circuit Judge Michael Hogan on Tuesday turned aside
arguments that federal protection for Oregon coastal coho and their
habitat be continued while the federal government rethinks the status of
the salmon's wild and hatchery produced populations.
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2. CONSERVATION GROUPS CALL DE-LISTING PETITIONS 'FRIVOLOUS'
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Tuesday, September 09, 2003 (PST) |
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A shower of petitions asking the National Marine Fisheries Service to
drop numerous Pacific fish species from the federal endangered species
list has been followed by flurry of letters to the agency calling the
requests "spurious," "facially deficient" and "frivolous."
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2. CONSERVATION GROUPS CALL DE-LISTING PETITIONS 'FRIVOLOUS'
Posted on
Tuesday, September 09, 2003 (PST) |
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A shower of petitions asking the National Marine Fisheries Service to
drop numerous Pacific fish species from the federal endangered species
list has been followed by flurry of letters to the agency calling the
requests "spurious," "facially deficient" and "frivolous."
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3. SCARCE WATER, OPERATIONS NEEDS PUTS CHUM WATER ON HOLD
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Tuesday, September 09, 2003 (PST) |
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If higher river flow is provided for chum salmon spawning downstream
from Bonneville Dam beginning Monday, as Oregon and the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service want, the Bonneville Power Administration doubts it
could sustain the flow through January without jeopardizing juvenile
salmon operations next spring and summer.
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4. ENERGY, WATER BILL PASSES; NO BPA BORROWING INCREASE
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Tuesday, September 09, 2003 (PST) |
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A $2 billion increase in federal borrowing authority for the Bonneville
Power Administration was dropped this week from the annual Department of
Energy spending bill.
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