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From
the December 2003 issue of Resource Roundup…
Enviros
Not to Blame?
Radical environmentalists claim that they have not
obstructed land management and therefore are not to blame for the catastrophic
wildfires of the last few years, including the horrific 2003 fires in
California. Ric Frost, New Mexico, was skeptical. He went to the Center for
Biological Diversity website archive page and typed “San Diego” in the
search box to see what species habitat lawsuits that one group had filed.
“A list with dates and titles came up that allows the
user to click on and read each article in full,” wrote Ric. “As you can see
from the list below, habitat and other land development and land management
lawsuits in the San Diego area go back as far as 1996.”
For some of the
species that CBD succeeded in securing ‘protection’ for, hundreds or even
hundreds of thousands of acres of land were designated as ‘habitat’. Many
were subjected to restrictions on human activities, including management. And
remember, the following list came up just by typing “San Diego” on CBD’s
website. If “California” had been typed, or if other radical
organizations’ databases had been searched, how many more actions resulting in
management restrictions would have been found?
(We have added bold formatting to titles of actions which would
specifically alter normal management practices. -Ed.)
7/10/2002:
HABITAT PROTECTION ORDERED FOR EIGHT CALIFORNIA PLANTS
7/10/2002:
SAN DIEGO AMBROSIA LISTED AS ENDANGERED SPECIES
6/4/2002:
273 SQUARE MILES PROTECTED FOR QUINO CHECKERSPOT BUTTERFLY
5/15/2002:
STEELHEAD TROUT PROTECTION EXTENDED IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
4/5/2002:
ATTEND PUBLIC HEARINGS TO KEEP ORVs OUT OF DEATH VALLEY’S RIPARIAN JEWEL-
SURPRISE CANYON
4/5/2002:
STOP BUSH ROLLBACK OF DESERT PROTECTIONS- ATTEND AZ/CA PUBLIC HEARINGS TO KEEP
ORV MAYHEM LIMITS IN PLACE
4/5/2002:
BIGHORN LAMBING GROUNDS CLOSED TO OFF-ROAD VEHICLES
1/22/2002:
SUIT FILED TO PROTECT HABITAT AREAS FOR EIGHT CALIFORNIA PLANTS
12/14/2001:
BLM PROTECTS ENDANGERED PENINSULAR BIGHORN SHEEP LAMBING HABITAT
7/10/2001:
6,000 ACRES PROPOSED TO PROTECT RARE CALIFORNIA PLANT
7/10/2001:
7,000 ACRES PROTECTED FOR RIVERSIDE FAIRY SHRIMP
2/25/2001:
LETTERS NEED TO PROTECT STEELHEAD TROUT
2/14/2001:
300,000 ACRES TO BE PROTECTED FOR CALIFORNIA BUTTERFLY
1/7/2001:
FEDS AGREE TO EXTEND PROTECTED RANGE FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA STEELHEAD TROUT-
BUT NOT NEARLY ENOUGH
12/14/2000:
SUIT FILED TO EXPAND RANGE OF ENDANGERED STEELHEAD, TAKE ON SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
DAMS
10/20/2000:
518,000 ACRES PROTECTED FOR GNATCATCHER FAIRY SHRIMP
9/26/2000:
12,000 ACRES TO BE PROTECTED FOR RIVERSIDE FAIRY SHRIMP
9/19/2000:
PETITION FILED TO PROTECT POCKET MOUSE HABITAT
9/13/2000:
LETTERS/FAXES NEEDED TO STOP ENDANGERED SPECIES EXEMPTION ON MARINE BASES
9/9/2000:
CENTER OPPOSES PERMIT TO KILL ENDANGERED SPECIES IN SAN DIEGO AREA
9/9/2000:
WATER-POWER HOGS TRY TO DERAIL COLORADO RIVER PROTECTION
9/6/2000: SAN DIEGO SPRAWL PLAN STRUCK DOWN BY SINGING JUDGE
7/8/2000:
10,500 ACRES PROPOSED AS “CRITICAL HABITAT” FOR ZAYANTE BAND-WINGED
GRASSHOPPER
6/28/2000:
CENTER, STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL JOIN BATTLE TO SAVE SAN DIEGO WILDLANDS FROM
DEVELOPERS
6/15/2000:
500,000 ACRES TO BE PROTECTED FOR IMPERILED TOAD
4/27/2000:
ENVIROS, SCIENTISTS CALL FOR RESTORATION OF DESTROYED WETLANDS, JAIL TIME FOR
SPECIES KILLING DEVELOPER
3/22/2000:
LAWSUIT CHALLENGES GRAZING ON 10.2 MILLION ACRES CALIFORNIA DESERT TO PROTECT 24
ENDANGERED SPECIES
3/16/2000:
SUIT RESULTS IN PROPOSAL TO PROTECT 36,500 ACRES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WETLANDS
- MORE NEEDED
3/1/2000:
COALITION FORMS TO SAVE STEELHEAD TROUT, REMOVE UNNECESSARY DAMS
2/24/2000:
FEDS AGREE TO RECONSIDER HABITAT PROTECTION FOR RARE FISH, BUTTERFLY, SHRIMP
1/3/2000:
RARE CALIFORNIA PLANT PROPOSED AS ENDANGERED SPECIES
11/11/1999:
TRANSFER OF COLORADO RIVER WATER RIGHTS QUESTIONED
11/11/1999:
COURT ORDERS ESA LISTING DECISION FOR CALIFORNIA PLANT
10/26/1999:
COALITION CHALLENGES AGENCY REFUSAL TO PROTECT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA STEELHEAD
TROUT
9/24/1999:
CENTER WINS HABITAT PROTECTION SETTLEMENT FOR BIGHORN, FAIRY SHRIMP
9/2/1999:
CENTER WINS FIRST ROUND IN SAN DIEGO SPECIES PLAN LAWSUIT
7/19/1999:
MASSIVE PERMIT TO KILL SAN DIEGO ENDANGERED SPECIES CHALLENGED FOR 2ND TIME
7/19/1999:
CENTER PROPOSES TO INCREASE STEELHEAD HABITAT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, REMOVE
OUTDATED DAMS
6/22/1999:
COALITION FORMED TO FIGHT MILITARIZATION OF BORDERLAND
6/1/1999:
FEDS CALL LIVING TROUT “EXTINCT”, PUBLIC SUPPORTS GREATER STEELHEAD
PROTECTION IN SOUTHERN CAL
4/22/1999:
IMPERILED CALIFORNIA PLANT CREEPS TOWARD RECOVERY
4/12/1999:
SUIT PLANNED TO FORCE STATEWIDE REVIEW OF B.L.M. IMPACTS TO ENDANGERED SPECIES
ACROSS CALIFORNIA
2/13/1999:
SUIT AGAINST MASSIVE PERMIT TO KILL ENDANGERED SPECIES GROWS
1/16/1999:
SUIT FILED TO PROTECT BIGHORN SHEEP HABITAT
1/6/1999:
JUDGE ORDERS AGENCY TO PROTECT SACRAMENTO SPLITTAIL - INVITES INVESTIGATION INTO
NEEDED HABITAT PROTECTION
12/15/1998:
SCIENTISTS, ACTIVISTS CHALLENGE SAN DIEGO MULTIPLE SPECIES CONSERVATION PLAN
10/14/1998:
ELEVEN MORE PLANTS PUT ON ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST- SUIT HAS BROUGHT PROTECTION
TO 31 PLANTS THIS YEAR
10/9/1998:
ECO-PLAY BENEFITS FIGHT AGAINST 10 LANE HIGHWAY
10/1/1998:
SUIT FILED TO PROTECT RARE CALIFORNIA PLANT
8/26/1998:
SOUTHWEST CENTER GEARS UP TO PROTECT HABITAT FOR 38 CALIFORNIA ANIMALS
6/18/1998:
SUIT FILED AGAINST FOUR SO. CAL. NATIONAL FORESTS- ENTIRE FOREST PLANS MUST BE
CHANGED TO PROTECT ENDANGERED SPECIES.
5/10/1998:
JUDGE ORDERS FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE TO PROTECT 44 IMPERILED CALIFORNIA
SPECIES
3/14/1998:
CA CONGRESSMAN DEMANDS SOUTHWEST CENTER BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN E.S.A.
REVIEW OF MEGA-TOLL ROAD THROUGH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
2/17/1998:
CA MARINE BASE TO BE SUED FOR ENDANGERING FLYCATCHER, OTHER SPECIES
2/3/1998:
SUIT FILED TO LIST 44 CALIFORNIA SPECIES AS ENDANGERED
1/26/1998:
SUIT FILED TO STOP SPIELBERG FROM DESTROYING ENDANGERED WETLAND-SENATOR HAYDEN
CONDEMNS DESTRUCTION - CALLS NEEDED TODAY!
9/3/1997:
SOUTHWEST CENTER TO SUE OVER SAN DIEGO M.S.C.P.
7/18/1997:
599 RIVER MILES OF CRITICAL HABITAT DESIGNATED IN CA, AZ, AND NM FOR SOUTHWEST
WILLOW FLYCATCHER
5/22/1997:
COURT ORDERS PROTECTION OF GNATCATCHER HABITAT - ANOTHER BLOW TO CLINTON ADMIN.
USE OF VOLUNTARY AGREEMENTS TO CIRCUMVENT ESA
5/14/1997:
SUIT TO BE FILED TO LIST 95 WESTERN SPECIES AS ENDANGERED
4/11/1997: CALIFORNIA SUPPORTS EFFORTS TO LIST RARE PLANT AS ENDANGERED,
QUESTIONS ADEQUACY OF SAN DIEGO MSCP
3/27/1997:
SUIT FILED TO LIST SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PLANT AS ENDANGERED - SAN DIEGO M.S.C.P.
ILLEGALLY USED AS EXCUSE TO NOT LIST
2/27/1997:
BUREAUCRATS SUPPRESS HABITAT PROTECTION FOR ENDANGERED SOUTHWESTERN WILLOW
FLYCATCHER - LETTERS NEEDED TODAY!
2/3/1997:
SAN DIEGO FAIRY SHRIMP LISTED AS ENDANGERED - ACTIVISTS POST WEEKEND GUARD AT
IMPERILED WETLANDS
1/22/1997:
TWO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BUTTERFLIES LISTED AS
ENDANGERED - IMPERILED FAIRY SHRIMP STILL IN LIMBO.
12/31/1996:
PETITIONED FILED TO LIST SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PLANT AS ENDANGERED - HCPs DRIVING
IT EXTINCTION
12/31/1996:
COURT ORDERS DESIGNATION OF CRITICAL HABITAT - OVERRIDES ILLEGAL FISH AND
WILDLIFE SERVICE POLICY
10/30/1996:
LAWSUIT CHALLENGES H.C.P. POLICY
10/28/1996:
ESA VICTORY MAY PROTECT SO. CAL. VERNAL POOLS AND MONTANE MEADOWS
10/15/1996:
FOUR COASTAL CALIFORNIA PLANTS LISTED AS ENDANGERED
9/27/1996:
ENVIROS INTERVENE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DEVELOPMENT BATTLE
8/6/1996:
SUIT FILED TO LIST FIVE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SPECIES UNDER E.S.A.
7/13/1996:
JUDGE ORDERS LISTING DECISION ON SIX SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PLANTS-HELP MAY BE ON
THE WAY FOR ENDANGERED MARITIME CHAPARRAL ECOSYSTEM.
1/9/1996:
SUIT FILED FOR THE SOUTHERN MARITIME CHAPARRAL
(The radicals continue to work for their goals. Do you? -Ed.)
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