Remember all that hard work we did to get Gale Norton confirmed? looks like we're getting stabbed in the back..
:mad::mad:


from the LUN:


I have assembled the following information pertaining to actions of the
Center for
Biological Diversity during 2001. This is all against the hard working
people of our
nation. I hope everyone can find the information useful in some way.

And Secretary Norton has met and made an agreement with these type
organizations.
She has not even seen fit to meet with any of the organization
representing the hard
working people of our nation as far as I can find.


Terrorism - 1. The act of terrorizing, use of force or threats to
demoralize,
intimidate, and subjogate, esp. such as a political weapon or policy.
2. the
demoralization and intimidation produced this way.

You be the judge. Provided below in the first section is information
extracted from the Federal Register
for 2001, for only Fish and Wildlife Service. The second section is
press releases from the Center's web site.

In an August 29, 2001 press release Department of Interior Secretary
Gale Norton announced that the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service and several conservation organizations reached an
agreement in principle that will enable
the Service to complete work on evaluations of numerous species proposed
for listing under the Endangered
Species Act.

Under this agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity, Southern
Appalachian Biodiversity Project,
California Native Plant Society, and the Biodiversity Legal Foundation,
the Service will issue final listing
decisions, for take action on citizen petitions to list species and
extend deadlines for other critical habitat
designations, thereby making funds available for these actions.

"I am pleased that we have been able to cooperate and find common ground
that will
allow us to protect these species under the Endangered Species Act,"
Norton said. "I
hope this can be a model for future agreements."


Some cost information pertaining to the radical green groups.

Personnel from the Budd-Falen Law Offices reviewed court cases in
ARIZONA pertaining to the Center for
Biological Diversity and other radical green organizations for the
period 3/17/93 to 3/23/98. Total fees and costs
awarded for cases containing endangered species act issues was
$853,692.65


The Southwest Center for Biological Diversity changed their name to
Center for Biological Diversity about a year ago. So
you see actions in the Federal Register using both names.



February 7, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 26)

Proposed Determination of Critical Habitat for the Quino Checkerspot
Butterfly

On June 30, 1999, the Center for Biological Diversity filed a 60-day
notice of intent to sue us in District
Court challenging the ``not prudent'' finding for critical habitat as
published in the final listing rule for
the Quino checkerspot butterfly.

February 9, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 28)

Reopening of Comment Period and Notice of Availability of the Draft
Economic
Analysis for Proposed Critical Habitat for the Bay Checkerspot
Butterfly

On June 30, 1999, the Center for Biological Diversity, filed a complaint
against us challenging our
critical habitat findings for seven species, including the bay
checkerspot. On August 30, 2000, the
United States District Court for the Northern District of California
(Southwest Center for Biological
Diversity v. Bruce Babbit. et al., CIV 99-3202) ruled on several of the
species involved, including the bay
checkerspot.

February 15, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 32)

Proposed Designation of Critical Habitat for Polygonum hickmanii (Scotts
Valley
Polygonum) and Chorizanthe robusta var. hartwegii (Scotts Valley
Spineflower)

On June 30, 1999, USFWS failure to designate critical habitat for
Chorizanthe robusta and three other
species within the time period mandated by 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(6)(C)(ii)
was challenged in Center for
Biological Diversity v. Babbitt (Case No. C99-3202 SC).

Proposed Designation of Critical Habitat for Chorizanthe robusta var.
robusta (Robust
Spineflower)

On June 30, 1999, USFWS failure to designate critical habitat for
Chorizanthe robusta, inclusive of var.
robusta and var. hartwegii, within the time period mandated by 16 U.S.C.
1533(b)(6)(C)(ii) was challenged
in Center for Biological Diversity v. Babbitt (Case No. C99-3202 SC). On
August 30, 2000, the U.S.
District Court for the Northern District of California (Court) directed
us to publish a proposed critical
habitat designation within 60 days of the Court's order and a final
critical habitat designation no later
than 120 days after the proposed designation is published. On October
16, 2000, the Court granted the
government's request for a stay of this order.

Proposed Designation of Critical Habitat for Chorizanthe pungens var.
pungens
(Monterey Spineflower)

On June 30, 1999, USFWS failure to designate critical habitat for
Chorizanthe pungens var. pungens and
three other species within the time period mandated by 16 U.S.C.
1533(b)(6)(C)(ii) was challenged in
Center for Biological Diversity v. Babbitt (Case No. C99-3202SC). On
August 30, 2000, the U.S. District
Court for the Northern District of California (Court) directed us to
publish a proposed critical habitat
designation within 60 days of the Court's order and a final critical
habitat designation no later than 120
days


May 15, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 94)

Proposal To Designate Critical Habitat for the Wenatchee Mountains
Checker-Mallow,
and Notice of Availability of the Draft Economic Analysis for Proposed
Critical Habitat
for the Wenatchee Mountains Checker-Mallow

In April 2000, as a result of a suit from the Southwest Center for
Biological Diversity and the Center for
Biological Diversity, USFWS reached a settlement agreement on when to
publish a proposed and final
critical habitat designation for Sidalcea oregana var. calva.

July 25, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 143)

12-Month Finding for a Petition To List the Yellow-billed Cuckoo
(Coccyzus americanus)
in the Western Continental United States

On February 9, 1998, we received a petition, dated February 2, 1998,
from Robin Silver, Kieran Suckling,
and David Noah Greenwald of the Southwest Center for Biological
Diversity on behalf of 22 groups to
list the western yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus
occidentalis). The 22 groups are the
Maricopa Audubon Society, Tucson
Audubon Society, Huachuca Audubon Society, White Mountain Audubon
Society, the White
Mountain Conservation League, Wildlife Damage Review, Sky Island
Alliance, the San Pedro 100, the
Zane Grey Chapter of Trout Unlimited, T & E Inc., the Biodiversity Legal
Foundation, the Environmental
Protection Information Center, the Sierra Nevada Alliance, the Wetlands
Action Network, Rangewatch,
the Oregon Natural Desert Association, the Oregon Natural Resources
Center, the Klamath-Siskiyou
Wildlands Center, the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, the Wild Utah
Forest Campaign, Friends of
Nevada Wilderness, and the
Toiyabe Chapter of the Sierra Club.

August 13, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 156)

Listing Endangered and Threatened Species and Designating Critical
Habitat: Petition
To List Southern Resident Killer Whales

On May 2, 2001, NMFS received a petition from the Center for Biological
Diversity, Center for Whale
Research, The Whale Museum, Ocean Advocates, Washington Toxics
Coalition, Orca Conservancy,
American Cetacean Society, Friends of the San Juans, People for Puget
Sound, Cascade Chapter of the Sierra Club and Ralph Munro, to list the
Eastern North Pacific Southern
Resident stock of killer whales as an endangered or threatened species
under the ESA.

September 6, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 173)

Proposed Endangered Status for the Sacramento Mountains Checkerspot
Butterfly and
Proposed Designation of Critical Habitat NM

On January 28, 1999, USFWS received a petition from Mr. Kieran Suckling
of the Southwest Center for
Biological Diversity in Tucson, Arizona, dated November 1998, which
requested that we emergency list
the Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly as endangered.

October 24, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 206)

Proposed Designation of Critical Habitat for Thlaspi californicum
(Kneeland
Prairie Penny-cress)

On June 17, 1999, USFWS failure to issue final rules for listing Thlaspi
californicum and nine other plant
species as endangered or threatened, and our failure to make a final
critical habitat
determination for the 10 species was challenged in Southwest Center for
Biological Diversity and
California Native Plant Society v. Babbitt (Case No. C99-2992
(N.D.Cal.)).

October 30, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 210)

Review of Plant and Animal Species That Are Candidates or Proposed for
Listing as
Endangered or Threatened, Annual Notice of Findings on Recycled
Petitions, and
Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions; Proposed Rule

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the
1999 CNOR (64 FR 57534 (Oct. 25,
1999)) did not constitute valid warranted but precluded 12-month
petition findings for the Gila chub and
Chiracahua leopard frog. Center for Biological
Diversity v. Norton, 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 13736 (9th Cir. 2001).

Island fox (Urocyon littoralis) Although work on court-ordered section 4
actions have precluded us from
issuing a proposed rule to date, despite the fact this species has a
listing priority of 2, USFWS recently
entered into a settlement agreement on October 2, 2001,
(Center for Biological Diversity, et al. v. Norton, Civ. No. 01-2063
(JR) (D.D.C.)) that will require us to
deliver by November 30, 2001, a proposed rule to the Federal Register
for publication.

Gila chub Although work on court-ordered section 4 actions have
precluded us from issuing a proposed
rule to date, despite the fact that this species has a listing priority
number of 2,
USFWS recently entered into a settlement agreement on October 2, 2001
(Center for Biological
Diversity, et al. v. Norton, Civ. No. 01-2063 (JR) (D.D.C.)) that will
require us to deliver by July 31, 2002, a
proposed rule to the Federal Register for publication.

Koster's tryonia snail (Tryonia kosteri) USFWS recently entered into a
settlement agreement
on October 2, 2001 (Center for Biological Diversity, et al. v. Norton,
Civ. No. 01-2063 (JR) (D.D.C.)), that
will require us to deliver by February 6, 2002, a proposed rule to the
Federal Register for publication.

On June 20, 2001, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth
Circuit held that the 1999 CNOR (64
FR 57534 (Oct. 25, 1999)) did not constitute valid warranted but
precluded 12-month petition findings for
the Gila chub and Chiracahua leopard frog. Center for Biological
Diversity v. Norton, 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 13 736 (9th Cir. 2001).

Island fox (Urocyon littoralis) Although work on court-ordered section 4
actions have precluded us from
issuing a proposed rule to date, despite the fact this species has a
listing priority of 2, we recently
entered into a settlement agreement on October 2, 2001, (Center for
Biological Diversity, et al. v.
Norton, Civ. No. 01-2063 (JR) (D.D.C.)) that will require us to deliver
by November 30, 2001, a proposed
rule to the Federal Register for publication.

Pecos assiminea snail (Assiminea pecos) Although work on court-ordered
section 4 actions have
precluded us from issuing a proposed rule to date, despite the fact that
this species has a listing priority
number of 2, we recently entered into a settlement agreement on October
2,
2001 (Center for Biological Diversity, et al. v. Norton, Civ. No.
01-2063 (JR) (D.D.C.)), that will require
us to deliver by February 6, 2002, a proposed rule to the Federal
Register for publication.

Roswell springsnail (Pyrgulopsis roswellensis) Due to imminent threats
of a high magnitude, we
assigned this species a listing priority number of 2. Although work on
court-ordered section 4 actions
have precluded us from issuing a proposed rule to date, despite the fact
that this
species has a listing priority number of 2, we recently entered into a
settlement agreement on October 2,
2001 (Center for Biological Diversity, et al. v. Norton, Civ. No.
01-2063 (JR) (D.D.C.)), that will require
us to deliver by February 6, 2002, a proposed rule to the
Federal Register for publication.

Carson wandering skipper (Pseudocopaeodes eunus obscurus) Although work
on court-ordered
section 4 actions have precluded us from issuing a proposed rule to
date, despite the fact that this
species has a listing priority number of 3, USFWS recently entered into
a settlement agreement on
October 2, 2001 (Center for Biological Diversity, et al. v. Norton, Civ.
No. 01-2063 (JR) (D.D.C.)), that
will require us to deliver by November 23, 2001, a decision on whether
to emergency list to the Federal
Register for publication.

November 8, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 217)

Proposed Designation of Critical Habitat for Chlorogalum purpureum, a
Plant From the South Coast
Ranges of California

On June 17, 1999, USFWS failure to issue final rules for listing
Chlorogalum purpureum and eight other
plant species as endangered or threatened, and our failure to make a
final critical habitat determination
for the 9 species was challenged in Southwest Center for Biological
Diversity and California Native
Plant Society v. Babbitt (Case No. C99-2992 (N.D.Cal.)).

November 15, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 221)

Proposed Designation of Critical Habitat for Cirsium loncholepis (La
Graciosa thistle),
Eriodictyon capitatum (Lompoc yerba santa), and Deinandra increscens
ssp. villosa
(Gaviota tarplant)

On June 17, 1999, USFWS failure to issue final rules for listing Cirsium
loncholepis, Eriodictyon
capitatum, and Deinandra increscens ssp. villosa and six other plant
species as endangered or
threatened, and our failure to make a final critical habitat
determination for the
9 species was challenged in Southwest Center for Biological Diversity
and California Native Plant
Society v. Babbitt (Case No. C99-2992 (N.D.Cal.)).

Proposed Designation of Critical Habitat for Holocarpha macradenia;
(Santa Cruz
Tarplant); Proposed Rule

On June 17, 1999, our failure to issue final rules for listing
Holocarpha macradenia and eight other plant
species as endangered or threatened, and our failure to make a final
critical habitat determination for the
nine species was challenged in Southwest Center for Biological Diversity
and California Native Plant
Society v. Babbitt (Case No. C99-2992 (N.D.Cal.)).

December 10, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 237)

Listing the San Miguel Island Fox, Santa Rosa Island Fox, Santa Cruz
Island Fox, and Santa Catalina
Island Fox as Endangered

On June 1, 2000, we received a petition from the Center for Biological
Diversity (Center) in Tucson,
Arizona, and the Institute for Wildlife Studies in Arcata, California,
requesting that we add four
subspecies of island fox, the San Miguel Island fox, Santa Rosa Island
fox, Santa Cruz Island fox, and
Santa Catalina Island fox to the list of endangered species pursuant to
the Act.

December 14, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 241)

90-Day Finding for a Petition to List North American Green Sturgeon as
Threatened or
Endangered under the Endangered Species Act

On June 12, 2001, NMFS received a petition from the Environmental
Protection Information Center,
Center for Biological Diversity, and Waterkeepers Northern California
regarding the North American
green sturgeon. The petition requested that NMFS list the North American

green sturgeon as either an endangered or threatened species under the
ESA, and that it designate
critical habitat for the species concurrently with any listing
determination.


PRESS RELEASES FROM CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
SINCE AUGUST 2001.

http://www.sw-center.org/swcbd/press/index.html


December 13, 2001 - Defense Authorization Bill Passes With Provision
to Expand Ft. Irwin;
Conservationists Decry Loss of Wildlife and Wilderness.

December 12, 2001 - LAWSUIT FILED TO PROTECT SAN ANTONIO'S AQUIFER AND

ENDANGERED CAVE SPECIES

December 12, 2001 - CENTER OFFERS $5,000 REWARD FOR APPREHENSION OF
WOLF KILLERS

December 10, 2001 - GROUPS FILE WILD AND SCENIC RIVER LAWSUIT TO
PROTECT
NORTH FORK EEL RIVER

December 10, 2001 - BLM protects endangered Peninsular Ranges bighorn
sheep lambing
habitat from off-road vehicles and unauthorized mining

November 28, 2001 - BUSH ADMINISTRATION WEAKENS PROTECTIONS FOR NEW
NATIONAL MONUMENTS

November 15, 2001 - ENVIRONMENTAL LAWSUIT SEEKS CRITICAL HABITAT
PROTECTION: FOR EIGHT IMPERILED PLANTS OF THE CALIFORNIA FLORISTIC
PROVINCE

November 15, 2001 - Lawsuit Filed to Protect Michigan's Neglected Wild
and Scenic Rivers:
Six Years Later, Six Rivers Still Waiting for Federally Mandated Action

November 5, 2001 - SCIENTIFIC REPORT: ROADLESS AREAS PROVIDE LAST
REFUGE
FOR NATIVE TROUT IN THE WEST

October 25, 2001 - WHALES STILL WAITING FOR CRITICAL HABITAT
PROTECTION:
Conservationists Going Back to Court to Compel NMFS to Protect Habitat

October 22, 2001 - SUIT FILED TO ENFORCE PROTECTIONS FOR SIX
ENDANGERED
SPECIES ON 55 NATIONAL FOREST GRAZING ALLOTMENTS

October 17, 2001 - CONSERVATIONISTS SEEK DESERT PROTECTION MEASURES IN

DEFENSE LEGISLATION; MEMBERS OF CONGRESS RECEPTIVE TO THEIR CONCERNS
ABOUT FT. IRWIN EXPANSION

October 10, 2001 - BLM public land sale appealed in southern Nevada

September 26, 2001 - SUIT FILED TO PROTECT OVER 750 MILES OF POTENTIAL
WILD
AND SCENIC RIVERS IN ARIZONA

September 20, 2001 - COALITION MOVES TO PROTECT NATIONAL PRESERVE FROM

LAND GRAB

September 19, 2001 - SUIT FILED TO HALT HUGE LAND TRADE BETWEEN ASARCO

AND BLM

September 13, 2001 - CONSERVATION GROUPS FILE LEGAL CHALLENGE AGAINST
CONTROVERSIAL OAK VALLEY DEVELOPMENT: Lawsuit Cites Impacts to Water
Supply,
Traffic, Local Quality of Life, and Rare Wildlife

September 10, 2001 - Colorado River Delta Needs More Water:
Stakeholders
From U.S. and Mexico Release Principles to Guide Restoration

September 7, 2001 - U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT PUTS MOJAVE GRAZING

RESTRICTIONS IN FULL EFFECT TO BENEFIT TORTOISE, CONSERVATION GROUPS
BACK BLM

September 6, 2001 - CONSERVATIONISTS READY FOR FURTHER LEGAL ACTION TO

PROTECT MOJAVE DESERT TORTOISE FROM LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY

August 29, 2001 - HISTORIC AGREEMENT REACHED TO PROTECT 29 IMPERILED
SPECIES FROM COAST TO COAST

August 27, 2001 - GROUPS SUE TO OVERTURN INADEQUATE CRITICAL HABITAT
DESIGNATION FOR MEXICAN SPOTTED OWL

August 24, 2001 - JUDGE HANDS DOWN DECISION IN DESERT GRAZING APPEALS,

UPHOLDS LEGAL AND SCIENTIFIC CONSERVATION ARGUMENTS. BLM TO CONSULT
MORE WITH PARTIES. AGENCY MANAGERS HAVE TWO WEEKS TO IMPLEMENT
GRAZING COURT ORDER OR FACE CONTEMPT BACK IN FEDERAL COURT

August 16, 2001 - FENCE LAKE MINE PERMIT RENEWAL APPEALED SALT RIVER
PROJECT WANTS COAL FOR CORONADO GENERATING FACILITY

August 15, 2001 - GROUPS FILE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT LISTING PETITION
FOR
CENTRAL VALLEY VERNAL POOL CRUSTACEAN: Petition demonstrates that the
Midvalley
Fairy Shrimp is in danger of extinction and listing.

August 8, 2001 - REPORT: COLORADO RIVER DELTA CLAM IS DISTINCT SPECIES
-
SPECIES JEOPARDIZED BY U.S. DAMS

August 7, 2001 - ENVIROS TO CONGRESS: WATER TRANSFER WILL SPAWN NEW
SAN
DIEGO URBAN SPRAWL

August 2, 2001 - BUSH ADMINISTRATION DELAYS RULES TO PROTECT
ENDANGERED
SEA TURTLES AND WHALES: ENVIRONMENTALISTS FILE NOTICE AGAINST FISHERIES
SERVICE OVER CALIFORNIA DRIFT GILLNET FISHERY


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