-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Stallsmith
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 10:38 AM
To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
Subject: Re: NANFA-- Bush to end ESA listings for fish?
>BUSH ADMINISTRATION PROPOSES ENDING ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTIONS FOR
FISH
>
>The Bush administration is seeking to temporarily end habitat
protections
>for 19 populations of salmon and steelhead in four Western states,
which
>could open the areas to greater development. In a proposed settlement
>entered in federal court Monday, the National Marine Fisheries Service
said
>it will eliminate and then revise the protections to settle lawsuits
filed
>by the Association of California Water Agencies, National Association
of
>Home Builders, and 16 other groups of developers and local governments.
>
>Source: Associated Press
>
>See full story:
>
>http://enn.com/news/wire-stories/2002/03/03122002/ap_46
Excellent! I find that very compassionate.
--Bruce Stallsmith
in sarcastic Huntsville, AL, US of A
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