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welndmn · 02-14-2001, 02:54 PM

The Agenda for Center for Biologocal Diversity
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CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
<www.biologicaldiversity.org> 2-06-00 #264

§ $10,000 REWARD OFFERED FOR CAPTURE OF KILLER OF
MEXICAN GRAY WOLF IN NEW MEXICO

§ 1,000 ACRES PROTECTED FROM OFF-ROAD VEHICLES

§ 1.9 MILLION ACRES OF DESERT PROTECTED FROM LIVESTOCK

§ 845,000 ACRES PROTECTED FOR ENDANGERED BIGHORN SHEEP

§ 182,000 ACRES PROTECTED FOR ENDANGERED ARROYO TOAD

§ 341,140 ACRES TO BE REVIEWED FOR GRAZING IMPACTS IN AZ

§ SUIT TO BE FILED AGAINST MINE TO SAVE ARIZONA RIVERS

$10,000 REWARD OFFERED FOR CAPTURE OF KILLER OF MEXICAN
GRAY WOLF IN NEW MEXICO
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is offering $10,000 reward for information
leading the capture and conviction of the killer of a endangered Mexican
gray wolf in Catron County, NM. A member of the Francisco Pack, the wolf
was found shot to death north of Reserve, NM in a wood cutting area.
Anyone with information regarding the shooting should call USFWS special
agents at (480) 835-8289 or the New Mexico Department of Game and
Fish's Operation Game Thief at (800) 432-GAME.
_________________
1,000 ACRES PROTECTED FROM OFF ROAD VEHICLES
In the second round of settlement negotiations in a lawsuit brought by the
Center for Biological Diversity, Public Employees for Environmental
Responsibility, and the Sierra Club, the Bureau of Land Management agreed
to close over 1,000 acres at Windy Point, CA to off-road vehicles. The
closure is necessary to protect a suite of imperiled species including the
Coachella Valley fringe-toed lizard, flat-tailed horned lizard, Palm Springs
pocket mouse, Coachella Valley/Palm Springs ground squirrel, Coachella
Valley Jerusalem cricket and Coachella giant sand treader cricket.
The first round of negotiations resulted in the closure of 49,310 acres
of
the
Algodones Dunes to protect the endangered Peirson's milkvetch.
The suit is being argued by Brendan Cummings (Berkeley) and Jay
Tuchton of Earthjustice (Denver).
For more on the suit, settlement and the Center's efforts to protect the
California Desert Conservation Area:
<"http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/swcbd/goldenstate/cdca/>
________________
1.9 MILLION ACRES OF DESERT PROTECTED FROM LIVESTOCK
In the third round of settlement negotiations in a lawsuit brought by the
Center for Biological Diversity, Public Employees for Environmental
Responsibility, and the Sierra Club, the Bureau of Land Management
agreed to protect 1.9 million acres of the California Desert Conservation
Area from livestock grazing. The settlement was contested by the livestock
industry but approved by a federal judge on 1-29-01.
The BLM agreed to prohibit permit sheep grazing on 946,295 acres and
cattle on 43,596 acres of desert tortoise critical habitat. It will prevent
grazing
of 285,381 acres of critical and 213,281 acres of essential tortoise habitat
during the spring and fall. It will prohibit cattle on 394,835 acres of
currently
ungrazed endangered species habitat, and will remove all livestock from
within three miles of nesting southwestern willow flycatchers and least
bell's
vireo. Rattlesnake Canyon on the north slope of the San Bernardino
Mountains will also be closed to livestock to protect Parish's daisy and
other
species.
The suit is being argued by Brendan Cummings (Berkeley) and Jay Tuchton
of Earthjustice (Denver).
For more on the suit, settlement and the Center's efforts to protect the
California Desert Conservation Area:
<"http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/swcbd/goldenstate/cdca/>
_________________
845,000 ACRES PROTECTED FOR ENDANGERED BIGHORN SHEEP
In accordance with a legal settlement obtained by the Center for Biological
Diversity and Desert Survivors, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service designated
844,897 acres of "critical habitat" for the endangered Peninsular bighorn
sheep on 2-1-01.
Reduced from 1,200 in the 1970's to roughly 400 today, the Peninsular
bighorn ranges from the desert-side of the San Jacinto Mountains of
southern California to the Volcan Tres Virgenes Mountains near Santa
Rosalia in Baja California. In 1997, golf courses outnumbered bighorn in
the
Palm Springs area 91 to 75. Dozens of additional golf courses and
developments are scheduled to destroy the bighorn's dwindling habitat in
the
next few years. Diseases spread from sheep and cattle ranching is also a
major threat.
Federal agencies are prohibited from authorizing, permitting, or funding
actions which destroy or "adversely modify" critical habitat, including
the
issuance of development permits on private land under the Clean Water Act.
As of 2-5-01, the Center for Biological Diversity has obtained 33.3 million
acres of critical habitat designations in TX, NM, AZ, CO, UT, CA, OR, and
AK; and federal proposals to designate an additional 5.6 million acres in
CA,
NM, and OK.
_____________________
182,000 ACRES PROTECTED FOR ENDANGERED ARROYO TOAD
In accordance with a legal settlement obtained by the Center for Biological
Diversity and Christians Caring for Creation, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Service
designated 182,360 acres of "critical habitat" for the endangered Arroyo
southwestern toad on 2-1-01.
Arroyo toads formally occupied streams form Monterey, CA to Baja
California, but now survive only in small, isolated headwaters. According
the
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, urban sprawl, dams, cattle grazing, mining
and
off-road vehicles use have pushed the toad to "the brink of extinction."
Nevertheless, it excluded critically important streams on the U.S. Marine
Corps's Camp Pendleton, claiming that the benefits of war training outweigh
those of preventing extinction. It also failed to protect upland habitat
which
are used extensively by toads.
___________________
BLM AGREES TO REVIEW GRAZING IMPACTS ON 341,140 ACRES
In response to a formal notice of intent to sue filed by the Center for
Biological Diversity on 11-30-00, the Bureau of Land Management has
agreed to review the impact of allowing livestock grazing on 341,140 acres
of public land in Arizona. The review was required following the designation
of 900 river miles of critical habitat for the loach minnow and spikedace,
two
imperiled minnows. The designation was ordered by a federal judge in a suit
brought by the Center.
______________________
SUIT TO BE FILED AGAINST ARIZONA MINE TO SAVE RIVERS
On 1-25-00, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Sierra Club formally
notified the Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection
Agency that they will sue over violations of the Endangered Species Act
associated with issuance of permits to the ASARCO mining company for the
Ray Mine. The open-pit copper mine is located 65 miles east of Phoenix.
Army Corps and EPA failed to review and mitigate the mine's impacts on
several endangered species, including the southwestern willow flycatcher,
spikedace, and cactus ferruginous pygmy owl, and their designated critical
habitat along the Gila and San Pedro Rivers.
Environmental contamination at the Mine-which reported 45 illegal spills
1988-1996 alone-is so severe that surveys conducted on Mineral Creek
found the water entirely devoid of fish. Copper levels in the few surviving
fish
are the highest recorded nationally. ASARCO, now owned by Grupo Mexico,
is Arizona's biggest polluter

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WELNDMN!WELNDMN!WELNDMNWELNDMN!
ahh screw it call me Mark

No matter what you do or say someone will take it too seriously

Jeepskickass · 02-14-2001, 08:11 PM

These guys are the environmental extremists. They make the Sierra Club look like our friends. The CBD started small, won a lawsuit, filed another, won again, etc, etc. The snowball effect has been good to them. With each lawsuit settled, they become more and more powerful. This is our enemy. Check them out... http://www.sw-center.org/swcbd/

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welndmn · 02-15-2001, 10:29 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Jeepskickass:
This is our enemy.

LOL

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WELNDMN!WELNDMN!WELNDMNWELNDMN!
ahh screw it call me Mark

No matter what you do or say someone will take it too seriously

Jeepskickass · 02-19-2001, 10:54 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by welndmn:
LOL

I know it sounds funny, but am I wrong?

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JeepinIan · 02-19-2001, 11:48 AM

There are others as well, but YES THESE F****ERS ARE OUR ENEMIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Ian, all the way from sunny South Florida where women are in bikinis all year long!

[This message has been edited by JeepinIan (edited 02-19-2001).]

EQuin · 02-19-2001, 12:03 PM

As "champions for the environment", the CBD doesn't seem to have its priorities straight. They were instrumental in closing down more of Glamis, all in the name of "protecting the environment."

Yet, a few miles to the west of Glamis lies the New River, one of the most polluted rivers in the U.S., that runs north from Mexico and deposits into the Salton Sea, a National Wildlife Refuge area. It is so polluted, law enforcement personnel are prohibited by their own respective departments from going in it, unless they wear full protective diving suits. The polio virus, along with other hazardous and solid wastes, have been detected in water column and sediment samples. For this reason, drug traffickers and alien smugglers routinely use the river in an attempt to avoid detection by law enforcement.

Does the CBD care? If so, why do they completely ignore this true environmental menace to both human health and the environment? Why do they pick on a recreational activity enjoyed by mostly law abiding, hard working families, instead of addressing ways to clean up the contaminated river and prevent further contamination?

Benthic organisms (worms, crabs, crawfish) die due to high toxicity rates in the Calcasieu Estuary in Louisiana. High levels of mercury and other hazardous substances are suspected to be the cause. The Louisiana Dept. of Health issued fishing advisories for the area, thereby bankrupting those families dependent on the fishing industry (mostly shrimpers). Has CBD done anything to promote the "biological diversity" in this area? Do they even care about the economic devastation this environmental disaster has brought upon the fishing industry?

I keep hearing about rapid deforestation, especially in the rain forests and jungles of Central America. Surely, more unknown species are becoming extinct because of this process. If they're so concerned about "bio-diversity", why don't they help countries like Panama invest more in eco-tourism (like Costa Rica) in order to promote both wildlife and habitat conservation and the economy?

Their myopic focus against outdoor recreational activity brings to question their credibility as "champions of the environment." They wholeheartedly attack our activity claiming it destroys the environment, yet I have not yet seen their scientific basis and claims on their website supporting that argument. Instead, I read a report from the government that the milk-vetch weed has grown in numbers in the past decade or two in Glamis. As expected, they criticize the report and continue to do nothing about the New River, the Calcasieu Estuary and the many other true environmental concerns.

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Ed Q.
99 Tacoma Prerunner
Arlington/DFW TX4x4 Club
TTORA TX Chapter
http://members.aol.com/equin44484/boorunnerpage.html

YellowSub1962 · 02-19-2001, 06:37 PM

Quote:

I read a report from the government that the milk-vetch weed has grown in numbers

LOL ... don't let the CBD hear you calling their endangered "plant" a weed.... They frown on the truth.....

CBD...and while I'm at it

sierra club too

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EQuin · 02-20-2001, 01:50 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Yellowsub1962:
LOL ... don't let the CBD hear you calling their endangered "plant" a weed.... They frown on the truth.....CBD...and while I'm at it sierra club too

LOL - Now that you told me, I'll be more inclined to call it a weed.

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Ed Q.
99 Tacoma Prerunner
Arlington/DFW TX4x4 Club
TTORA TX Chapter
http://members.aol.com/equin44484/boorunnerpage.html

02-14-2001, 02:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
welndmn Well Done Man! Join Date: Mar 2000 Member # 398 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 17,434 Blog Entries: 3	The Agenda for Center for Biologocal Diversity The Agenda for Center for Biologocal Diversity <<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><>><<> CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY <www.biologicaldiversity.org> 2-06-00 #264 § $10,000 REWARD OFFERED FOR CAPTURE OF KILLER OF MEXICAN GRAY WOLF IN NEW MEXICO § 1,000 ACRES PROTECTED FROM OFF-ROAD VEHICLES § 1.9 MILLION ACRES OF DESERT PROTECTED FROM LIVESTOCK § 845,000 ACRES PROTECTED FOR ENDANGERED BIGHORN SHEEP § 182,000 ACRES PROTECTED FOR ENDANGERED ARROYO TOAD § 341,140 ACRES TO BE REVIEWED FOR GRAZING IMPACTS IN AZ § SUIT TO BE FILED AGAINST MINE TO SAVE ARIZONA RIVERS $10,000 REWARD OFFERED FOR CAPTURE OF KILLER OF MEXICAN GRAY WOLF IN NEW MEXICO The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is offering $10,000 reward for information leading the capture and conviction of the killer of a endangered Mexican gray wolf in Catron County, NM. A member of the Francisco Pack, the wolf was found shot to death north of Reserve, NM in a wood cutting area. Anyone with information regarding the shooting should call USFWS special agents at (480) 835-8289 or the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish's Operation Game Thief at (800) 432-GAME. _________________ 1,000 ACRES PROTECTED FROM OFF ROAD VEHICLES In the second round of settlement negotiations in a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, and the Sierra Club, the Bureau of Land Management agreed to close over 1,000 acres at Windy Point, CA to off-road vehicles. The closure is necessary to protect a suite of imperiled species including the Coachella Valley fringe-toed lizard, flat-tailed horned lizard, Palm Springs pocket mouse, Coachella Valley/Palm Springs ground squirrel, Coachella Valley Jerusalem cricket and Coachella giant sand treader cricket. The first round of negotiations resulted in the closure of 49,310 acres of the Algodones Dunes to protect the endangered Peirson's milkvetch. The suit is being argued by Brendan Cummings (Berkeley) and Jay Tuchton of Earthjustice (Denver). For more on the suit, settlement and the Center's efforts to protect the California Desert Conservation Area: <"http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/swcbd/goldenstate/cdca/> ________________ 1.9 MILLION ACRES OF DESERT PROTECTED FROM LIVESTOCK In the third round of settlement negotiations in a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, and the Sierra Club, the Bureau of Land Management agreed to protect 1.9 million acres of the California Desert Conservation Area from livestock grazing. The settlement was contested by the livestock industry but approved by a federal judge on 1-29-01. The BLM agreed to prohibit permit sheep grazing on 946,295 acres and cattle on 43,596 acres of desert tortoise critical habitat. It will prevent grazing of 285,381 acres of critical and 213,281 acres of essential tortoise habitat during the spring and fall. It will prohibit cattle on 394,835 acres of currently ungrazed endangered species habitat, and will remove all livestock from within three miles of nesting southwestern willow flycatchers and least bell's vireo. Rattlesnake Canyon on the north slope of the San Bernardino Mountains will also be closed to livestock to protect Parish's daisy and other species. The suit is being argued by Brendan Cummings (Berkeley) and Jay Tuchton of Earthjustice (Denver). For more on the suit, settlement and the Center's efforts to protect the California Desert Conservation Area: <"http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/swcbd/goldenstate/cdca/> _________________ 845,000 ACRES PROTECTED FOR ENDANGERED BIGHORN SHEEP In accordance with a legal settlement obtained by the Center for Biological Diversity and Desert Survivors, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service designated 844,897 acres of "critical habitat" for the endangered Peninsular bighorn sheep on 2-1-01. Reduced from 1,200 in the 1970's to roughly 400 today, the Peninsular bighorn ranges from the desert-side of the San Jacinto Mountains of southern California to the Volcan Tres Virgenes Mountains near Santa Rosalia in Baja California. In 1997, golf courses outnumbered bighorn in the Palm Springs area 91 to 75. Dozens of additional golf courses and developments are scheduled to destroy the bighorn's dwindling habitat in the next few years. Diseases spread from sheep and cattle ranching is also a major threat. Federal agencies are prohibited from authorizing, permitting, or funding actions which destroy or "adversely modify" critical habitat, including the issuance of development permits on private land under the Clean Water Act. As of 2-5-01, the Center for Biological Diversity has obtained 33.3 million acres of critical habitat designations in TX, NM, AZ, CO, UT, CA, OR, and AK; and federal proposals to designate an additional 5.6 million acres in CA, NM, and OK. _____________________ 182,000 ACRES PROTECTED FOR ENDANGERED ARROYO TOAD In accordance with a legal settlement obtained by the Center for Biological Diversity and Christians Caring for Creation, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service designated 182,360 acres of "critical habitat" for the endangered Arroyo southwestern toad on 2-1-01. Arroyo toads formally occupied streams form Monterey, CA to Baja California, but now survive only in small, isolated headwaters. According the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, urban sprawl, dams, cattle grazing, mining and off-road vehicles use have pushed the toad to "the brink of extinction." Nevertheless, it excluded critically important streams on the U.S. Marine Corps's Camp Pendleton, claiming that the benefits of war training outweigh those of preventing extinction. It also failed to protect upland habitat which are used extensively by toads. ___________________ BLM AGREES TO REVIEW GRAZING IMPACTS ON 341,140 ACRES In response to a formal notice of intent to sue filed by the Center for Biological Diversity on 11-30-00, the Bureau of Land Management has agreed to review the impact of allowing livestock grazing on 341,140 acres of public land in Arizona. The review was required following the designation of 900 river miles of critical habitat for the loach minnow and spikedace, two imperiled minnows. The designation was ordered by a federal judge in a suit brought by the Center. ______________________ SUIT TO BE FILED AGAINST ARIZONA MINE TO SAVE RIVERS On 1-25-00, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Sierra Club formally notified the Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency that they will sue over violations of the Endangered Species Act associated with issuance of permits to the ASARCO mining company for the Ray Mine. The open-pit copper mine is located 65 miles east of Phoenix. Army Corps and EPA failed to review and mitigate the mine's impacts on several endangered species, including the southwestern willow flycatcher, spikedace, and cactus ferruginous pygmy owl, and their designated critical habitat along the Gila and San Pedro Rivers. Environmental contamination at the Mine-which reported 45 illegal spills 1988-1996 alone-is so severe that surveys conducted on Mineral Creek found the water entirely devoid of fish. Copper levels in the few surviving fish are the highest recorded nationally. ASARCO, now owned by Grupo Mexico, is Arizona's biggest polluter ------------------ WELNDMN!WELNDMN!WELNDMNWELNDMN! ahh screw it call me Mark No matter what you do or say someone will take it too seriously

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02-14-2001, 08:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
Jeepskickass Tin Bender Join Date: Feb 2000 Member # 294 Location: Simi Valley, CA Posts: 3,068	These guys are the environmental extremists. They make the Sierra Club look like our friends. The CBD started small, won a lawsuit, filed another, won again, etc, etc. The snowball effect has been good to them. With each lawsuit settled, they become more and more powerful. This is our enemy. Check them out... http://www.sw-center.org/swcbd/ ------------------ www.axlesnappers.com 73 CJ5, 304, T-18, D300, Rev cut D60, Sawzall, 35in. BFGs

02-19-2001, 11:48 AM	#5 (permalink)
JeepinIan Registered User Join Date: Dec 2000 Member # 2510 Location: Miami, Fl Posts: 4,437	There are others as well, but YES THESE F****ERS ARE OUR ENEMIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ------------------ Ian, all the way from sunny South Florida where women are in bikinis all year long! [This message has been edited by JeepinIan (edited 02-19-2001).]

02-19-2001, 12:03 PM	#6 (permalink)
EQuin Registered User Join Date: Nov 2000 Member # 2288 Location: Lancaster, Texas USA Posts: 84	As "champions for the environment", the CBD doesn't seem to have its priorities straight. They were instrumental in closing down more of Glamis, all in the name of "protecting the environment." Yet, a few miles to the west of Glamis lies the New River, one of the most polluted rivers in the U.S., that runs north from Mexico and deposits into the Salton Sea, a National Wildlife Refuge area. It is so polluted, law enforcement personnel are prohibited by their own respective departments from going in it, unless they wear full protective diving suits. The polio virus, along with other hazardous and solid wastes, have been detected in water column and sediment samples. For this reason, drug traffickers and alien smugglers routinely use the river in an attempt to avoid detection by law enforcement. Does the CBD care? If so, why do they completely ignore this true environmental menace to both human health and the environment? Why do they pick on a recreational activity enjoyed by mostly law abiding, hard working families, instead of addressing ways to clean up the contaminated river and prevent further contamination? Benthic organisms (worms, crabs, crawfish) die due to high toxicity rates in the Calcasieu Estuary in Louisiana. High levels of mercury and other hazardous substances are suspected to be the cause. The Louisiana Dept. of Health issued fishing advisories for the area, thereby bankrupting those families dependent on the fishing industry (mostly shrimpers). Has CBD done anything to promote the "biological diversity" in this area? Do they even care about the economic devastation this environmental disaster has brought upon the fishing industry? I keep hearing about rapid deforestation, especially in the rain forests and jungles of Central America. Surely, more unknown species are becoming extinct because of this process. If they're so concerned about "bio-diversity", why don't they help countries like Panama invest more in eco-tourism (like Costa Rica) in order to promote both wildlife and habitat conservation and the economy? Their myopic focus against outdoor recreational activity brings to question their credibility as "champions of the environment." They wholeheartedly attack our activity claiming it destroys the environment, yet I have not yet seen their scientific basis and claims on their website supporting that argument. Instead, I read a report from the government that the milk-vetch weed has grown in numbers in the past decade or two in Glamis. As expected, they criticize the report and continue to do nothing about the New River, the Calcasieu Estuary and the many other true environmental concerns. ------------------ Ed Q. 99 Tacoma Prerunner Arlington/DFW TX4x4 Club TTORA TX Chapter http://members.aol.com/equin44484/boorunnerpage.html