From the Santa Barbara Independent. … ...
CBD upset by the designation—litigation in the offing? … ...
NRDC's Josh Mogerman has an idea for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Obama administration. "Under current leadership, the FWS has been directed towards an all-out assault on the ESA and its scientific focus," so the solution according to Mogerman consists of three words: Let’s just change the tone. Send the si ...
Today's Boston Globe contains an interesting story on how a good idea got entangled in a bureaucratic mess. Nearly ten years is apparently not enough to get a project for the benefit of children approved under the Massachusetts Endangered Species Act. Babe Ruth would not be happy: Babe Ruth's only living daughter, Julia Ruth S ...
Sins of Commission, by Richard Oshen. … ...
The plaintiffs are Surfrider Foundation et al, the project would allow development of 71 homes of approximately 7,500 to 10,000 square feet each, plus accessory structures. One of the bases for the lawsuit is the contention that the County's approval of the project violates the Coastal Act. Read more here. … ...
From KGO TV in San Francisco. … ...
Earlier this week in the federal delta smelt litigation, Judge Wanger declined to invalidate several water contracts that affect the use of water in and around the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Environmentalists had sued based on the alleged negative impact the contractual water deliveries have on the endangered delta smelt. Judg ...
The Oregonian reports that Bush administration officials "do not plan to finalize revisions of the Endangered Species Act this week, contradicting news reports saying that they would push the revisions through by Friday so a new administration could not easily undo them." Thanks to ESA blawg's Keith Rizzardi for the pointer. There is ...