GWB saves the Manatee!!!

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Manatees finally get protection http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_01.asp#1230

January 24, 2003: The long legal battle over the fate of Florida manatees came to an end, as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and environmentalists reached a new agreement to protect the endangered sea cows. The agreement comes in the wake of last year's record number of manatee deaths (95) caused by watercraft collisions.

According to the terms of the settlement, which still must be signed off on by a federal judge, slow-speed zones will be expanded in four Florida rivers and signs will alert boaters of manatee protection areas. The agency also agreed to significantly increase its law enforcement presence on the water to ensure boater compliance. In return, environmentalists agreed to drop contempt-of-court charges against Interior Secretary Gale Norton for her agency's failure to meet previous deadlines to implement protective measures for the docile mammal. The Fish and Wildlife Service will submit the proposed rule by March 31 and allow public comment, after which the agency's final decision is expected by July 31. The new rule would take effect on November 8.

"After a three year legal fight, two contempt-of-court charges and hundreds of manatee deaths caused by boats, the Bush administration finally relented and decided to do the right thing," said NRDC's fisheries expert Karen Garrison.

 

[Guest]

No, I did not.

 

[HeavyStick]

Manatuna. Rye bread with lettuce.

 

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Lit lawyers should unite and sue Rumsfeld for something. Maybe they can fabricate some sort of diversion of funds case, one that reveals him as being the diplomatic equivalent of Brezhnev: http://www.historyguide.org/europe/brezhnev.html

"...The Soviet Union supported "wars of national liberation" in developing countries through the provision of military aid to left-wing movements and governments. But Brezhnev's unceasing buildup of his defense and aerospace industries left other sectors of the economy increasingly deprived of funds. Soviet agriculture, consumer-goods industries, and health-care services declined throughout the 1970s and early '80s as a consequence, resulting in shortages and declining standards of living."

 

[teddybear4play]

Lit lawyers should unite and sue Rumsfeld for something. Maybe they can fabricate some sort of diversion of funds case, one that reveals him as being the diplomatic equivalent of Brezhnev: http://www.historyguide.org/europe/brezhnev.html

"...The Soviet Union supported "wars of national liberation" in developing countries through the provision of military aid to left-wing movements and governments. But Brezhnev's unceasing buildup of his defense and aerospace industries left other sectors of the economy increasingly deprived of funds. Soviet agriculture, consumer-goods industries, and health-care services declined throughout the 1970s and early '80s as a consequence, resulting in shortages and declining standards of living."

But I thought the U.S. was the only one involved in such clandestine activities?

That's the impression I get from REDWAVE, at least.

TB4p

 

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Lawsuits seem to work...need some more

Desert tortoise finally protected
www.nrdc.org

March 12, 2002: After a year of delays, the Bureau of Land Management has finally taken action to remove cattle from half a million acres of sensitive Southern California habitat critical to the survival of the desert tortoise. The seasonal grazing ban was supposed to have taken effect last March as part of a landmark court settlement, but was delayed by the Bush administration and administrative appeals. Last fall, a judge upheld BLM's science-based arguments for endangered species protection and recovery, clearing the way for this spring's closure.

"It took a court order to force the BLM to put the preservation of an endangered species before the interests of a few cattle ranchers, whose grazing is subsidized by American taxpayers," said Johanna Wald, director of NRDC's land program. "Even worse, the Bush administration moved slower than a desert tortoise to comply with the law."