, Director of Public Relations, Washington Farm Bureau:
The latest Columbia Basin Bulletin repeats a fraud perpetrated on the
public by the National Marine Fisheries Service.
According to the newsletter, “A court-ordered settlement requires NMFS
to issue a final 4(d) rule for steelhead no later than June 19, 2000.”
There is no court order directing NMFS to adopt any rules by June 19.
A year ago, NMFS was sued by four environmental groups for not having
adopted 4(d) rules for …
