2. OPINIONS VARY ON LISTINGS’ IMPACTS

Tuesday’s official announcement of nine new Endangered Species Act salmon
listings were met with cheers, jeers and, in most government quarters,
resolve.

A list of 13 proposed listings in the Pacific Northwest was announced
a year ago by the National Marine Fisheries Service. News conferences were
staged in Portland and Seattle this week to announce that nine salmon and
steelhead species would be listed and decisions on another four species
would be deferred for six months.

The …

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