November 30, 2005 - Groups Compel Government to Buy Alternative Fuel Vehicles

November 14 2005 - CONSERVATION GROUPS CHALLENGE PLAN TO EXPAND GRAZING ALONG BIG SUR COASTLINE

November 15, 2005 - KILLER WHALES PROTECTED AS ENDANGERED

November 10, 2005 - DIVERSE COALITION PRESENTS CASE FOR MONO BASIN SAGE GROUSE PROTECTION

November 3, 2005 - RESPECTED FEDERAL BIOLOGIST & NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGER JOINS CENTER’S DESERTS PROGRAM

November 2, 2005 - US Forest Service Releases Flawed Off-Road Vehicle Regulations

November 2, 2005 - GILA CHUB LISTED AS ENDANGERED SPECIES UNDER ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT

November 2, 2005 - Cactus pygmy-owl down 30% in Sonora, and still declining as Bush Fish & Wildlife Service pushes de-listing.

November 1, 2005 - HABITAT PROTECTION PROPOSED FOR WORLD’S MOST IMPERILED WHALE

October 31, 2005 - GAO FINDS PUBLIC LANDS GRAZING IN THE RED: BUDGET DEFICIT AT LEAST $123 MILLION ANNUALLY

October 26, 2005 - Okinawa Air Base Deal Still Controversial

October 24, 2005 - Judge Approves Settlement To Protect Atlantic White Marlin From Longline Fishing

October 20, 2005 - Biologists move for protection of 17 Algodones Dunes endemic species

October 19, 2005 - SUIT FILED TO PROTECT SAN DIEGO BUTTERFLIES

October 18, 2005 - BUSH ADMINISTRATION CUTS CRITICAL HABITAT FOR 5TH SoCAL ENDANGERED SPECIES

October 14, 2005 - CENTER OFFERS REWARD FOR SAGUARO KILLER JUSTICE

October 12, 2005 - CONSERVATIONISTS CALL FOR NEW POLAR BEAR PROTECTIONS

October 6, 2005 - STUDY FINDS HUNDREDS OF IMPERILED SPECIES IN PUGET SOUND BASIN

October 5, 2005 - CONSERVATION GROUPS PUSH FOR DEVILS RIVER MINNOW HABITAT PROTECTION

September 29, 2005 - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES GUTS ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT

Septemebr 27, 2005 - MANSON SLASHES CRITICAL HABITATS FOR SNOWY PLOVER: Interior reveals that Manson cooked the books, is dishonest about habitat

September 23, 2005 - FOREST SERVICE PLANS LEAVE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FORESTS AT RISK: MANAGEMENT PLANS FAIL TO MEET NEEDS OF MAJORITY OF FOREST VISITORS

September 20, 2005 - COURT FINDS EPA FAILED TO PROTECT MARK TWAIN'S CELEBRATED JUMPING FROG FROM PESTICIDES

September 19, 2005 - POMBO BILL WOULD RIP THE HEART OUT OF THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT

September 19, 2005 - Center for Biological Diversity Forest Director Chosen for National Roadless Advisory Committee

September 15, 2005 - Pombo’s Anti-Endangered Species Bill Leaked Again

September 15, 2005 - Conservation Groups File Appeal to Halt Oil Drilling Expansion in Los Padres National Forest

September 9, 2005 - HAWAI’I’S IMPERILED PICTURE-WINGS TO BE PROTECTED IN 2006

August 30, 2005 - Court says Bush Interior Dept. wrong to pull lizard protection, restores proposed listing rule for flat-tailed horned lizard.

August 29, 2005 - CONSERVATION GROUPS HONOR PIMA COUNTY, CALL FOR STRONG ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT

August 26, 2005 - CENTER MOVES FOR BIGHORN CRITICAL HABITAT PROTECTION: BUSH FOREST SERVICE HURTS SIERRA NEVADA RECOVERY

August 24, 2005 - CONSERVATION, RELIGIOUS GROUPS SUE TO PROTECT CALIFORNIA RIVERS FOR THE ARROYO TOAD

August 23, 2005 - U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE TO CONSIDER PROTECTION OF MEXICAN GARTER SNAKE

August 23, 2005 - CONSERVATIONISTS SEEK PROTECTION FOR RARE SALAMANDERS

August 18, 2005 - STUDY FINDS FOREST SERVICE’S GUIDELINES FOR PROTECTING NORTHERN GOSHAWK IN THE SOUTHWEST ARE INADEQUATE

August 16, 2005 - Coalition Petitions for Leash Law Enforcement at GGNRA

August 16, 2005 - CONSERVATION GROUPS CALL ON BUSH ADMINISTRATION TO PROVIDE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT PROTECTIONS FOR 286 SPECIES ON WAITING LIST

August 16, 2005 - PETITION FILED TO PROTECT WORLD’S MOST IMPERILED WHALE

August 15, 2005 - NEW SALMON AND STEELHEAD HABITAT PROTECTIONS ANNOUNCED FOR ENTIRE WEST COAST

August 11, 2005 - GROUPS TO SUE TO PROTECT LOS ANGELES AND RIVERSIDE AREA RIVER HABITATS FOR SANTA ANA SUCKER FISH

August 10, 2005 - MONTANA FLUVIAL ARCTIC GRAYLING TO AGAIN BE CONSIDERED FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTION

August 9, 2005 - U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT BACKTRACKS ON GRAZING RULES: BLM WILL REWORK EIS; CONSERVATIONISTS FEAR MORE DISHONESTY

August 9, 2005 - ALASKAN SEA OTTER POPULATION PROTECTION BEGINS

July 28, 2005 - Oil Drilling Will Expand Into Pristine Areas of Los Padres National Forest

July 22, 2005 - CONSERVATION GROUPS SUE TO PROTECT GLEN CANYON NATIONAL RECREATION AREA FROM ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE CAUSED BY LIVESTOCK GRAZING

July 22, 2005 - FAMOUS WOLF DIES OF STRESS AND OVERHEATING AS A RESULT OF CAPTURE

July 20, 2005 - FORT HUACHUCA ADMITS GROUNDWATER PUMPING DIRECTLY HARMING SAN PEDRO RIVER!

July 18, 2005 - AVEDA CORPORATION GATHERS 160,000 SIGNATURES TO PROTECT ENDANGERED PLANTS AND THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT

July 9, 2005 - SAN PEDRO RIVER RUNS DRY FOR FIRST TIME NEAR FORT HUACHUCA

July 8, 2005 - POMBO BILL WOULD REPEAL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT, ELIMINATE RECOVERY GOALS AND REQUIREMENTS

July 7, 2005 - CONSERVATION GROUPS JOIN PETITION TO PROTECT THE POLAR BEAR AS A THREATENED SPECIES UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT

June 29, 2005 - pROTECTION DENIED FOR CRITICALLY ENDANGERED mIAMI BLUE BUTTERFLY

June 28, 2005 - POMBO'S ENDANGERED SPECIES BILL REVEALED

June 28, 2005 - FOREST SERVICE JEOPARDIZING SIERRA NEVADA BIGHORN RECOVERY WITH SHEEP RANCHING

June 24, 2005 - FOUR ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS FILE SUIT FRIDAY - JUNE 24, 2005 - AFTER THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITE APPROVED 1,100 UNIT RIVERPARK PROJECT, IGNORING MONTHS OF PUBLIC PROTEST.

June 23, 2005 - CONSERVATIONISTS SEEK PROTECTION FOR RARE PACIFIC NORTHWEST SALAMANDERS

June 21, 2005 - MOST IMPERILED MAMMAL IN NORTH AMERICA FACES SECOND EXTERMINATION

June 21, 2005 - PENTAGON COVER-UP OF FORT HUACHUCA'S WATER PROBLEM: INFORMATION WITHHELD FROM BRAC COMMISSION

June 20, 2005 - FOSSIL CREEK RESTORATION CELEBRATED - WILD AND SCENIC DESIGNATION NEXT

June 20, 2005 - ASSAULT ON SCIENCE AT FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE PROVOKES SHARP CRITICISM BY MORE THAN 160 SCIENTISTS

June 16, 2005 - U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT’S NEW REGULATIONS UNDERCUT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND THREATEN WILDLIFE & WATER WITH HAND-OUTS TO THE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY

June 15, 2005 - TONTO NATIONAL FOREST MANAGERS JEOPARDIZE DESERT BY RESUMING RANCHING WITHOUT THOROUGHLY EVALUATING DROUGHT IMPACTS

June 15, 2005 - REPORT SHOWS U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE FAILED TO MAKE PROGRESS PROTECTING NATION’S WILDLIFE

June 15, 2005 - COURT ORDERS BUSH ADMINISTRATION TO PROTECT HABITAT FOR WORLD’S MOST IMPERILED WHALE

June 16, 2005 - FOREST SERVICE WITHDRAWS CONTROVERSIAL NORTH RIM OLD GROWTH TIMBER SALE

June 6, 2005 - New Fort Huachuca data shows increased peril to San Pedro

June1, 2005 - ALAKSAN SEA OTTER POPULATION DECLINE ACCELERATES: SUIT FILED

June 1, 2005 - FORT HUACHUCA VIOLATIONS OF SAN PEDRO RIVER COMPACT CHALLENGED

May 19, 2005 - BISCUIT FIRE “RECOVERY PROJECT” TO HARM AS MANY AS 100 RARE AND IMPERILED WILDLIFE SPECIES

May 17, 2005 - POMBO ENDANGERED SPECIES REPORT FLAWED

May 17, 2005 - U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE FAILS TO PROTECT MEXICAN GARTER SNAKE

May 16, 2005 - NEW SPECIES OF SALAMANDER FOUND IN SISKIYOU MNTS.

May 16, 2005 - CONSERVATIONISTS WIN CRITICAL HABITAT AGREEMENT FOR MOJAVE RARE PLANTS NEAR ST. GEORGE, UTAH

May 16, 2005 - U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE FAILS TO PROTECT 286 THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES

May 10, 2005 - FLORIDA’S IMPERILED CORAL REEFS ONE STEP CLOSER TO PROTECTION

May 10, 2005 - Judge Closes 700 Miles of Off-road trails on Eldorado National Forest

May 10, 2005 - Tucson conservationists say ‘NO’ to water bonds

May 5, 2005 - AZ biologists say keep cactus pygmy owl on endangered list; FWS regional & DC managers rumored to reject proposal, plan to de-list owl

May 3, 2005 - U.S. and Mexican Groups Turn to NAFTA to Save Endangered Seabirds from “Energy Maquiladora”

April 27, 2005 - GAO: ENDANGERED SPECIES EXPENDITURES MATCH BIOLOGICAL PRIORITIES UNHAPPY WITH POSITIVE REVIEW, REPRESENTATIVE POMBO TRIES TO MISLEAD MEDIA WITH FALSE PRESS RELEASE

April 26, 2005 - SETTLEMENT REACHED TO PROTECT RARE VIRGIN ISLAND PLANTS

April 14, 2005 - Environmental Groups Sue 14 Federal Agencies for Failure to Implement Energy Policy Act

April 6, 2005 - Park Service Rescinds Approval of Mojave “Guzzlers” Facing a Lawsuit, Agency Withdraws Its Okay for Artificial Watering in Desert Park

April 6, 2005 - FISHERIES SERVICE TO PROTECT GREEN STURGEON IN SACRAMENTO RIVER, REFUSES TO EXTEND PROTECTION TO KLAMATH RIVER

April 5, 2005 - Fort Huachuca area lenders challenged for San Pedro River harm

March 30, 2005 - ALTAMONT LAWSUIT TO GO FORWARD SEEKING INJUNCTIVE RELIEF TO PREVENT RAPTOR KILLINGS AT ALTAMONT PASS, CA WIND TURBINES

March 30, 2005 - NEW BUSH ADMINISTRATION FOREST REGULATION CHALLENGED IN FEDERAL COURT

March 24, 2005 - BLM wILL SIGN FLAWED ALGODONES OFF-ROAD PLAN

March 17, 2005 - Un-permitted West Mojave off-road race a threat to endangered desert wildlife & habitat

March 17, 2005 - Fort Huachuca violations of San Pedro compact challenged, Expansion exceeds mitigation, jeopardizes River

March 1, 2005 - Artificial Watering Expansion Threatens Wildlife at Mojave National Preserve; Political Appointees at Interior Vetoed Park Objections; Lawsuit Filed

February 16, 2005 - CENTER SUBMITS PETITION TO LIST THE POLAR BEAR AS A THREATENED SPECIES UNDER THE ESA: POLAR BEARS MAY BECOME EXTINCT BY THE END OF THIS CENTURY DUE TO GLOBAL WARMING

Febrary 3, 2005 - FOUR CONSERVATION GROUPS FILE SUIT TO PROTECT TROUT AS ENDANGERED SPECIES

February 1, 2005 - FEDERAL JUDGE AGREES WITH CENTER: RULING WILL LEAD TO WOLF RECOVERY IN BROADER AREAS

January 24, 2005 - CONSERVATION GROUPS CHALLENGE BIG SUR GRAZING DECISION

January 4, 2005 - Court rules Bush administration's off-road plan is illegal threat to desert web-of-life. To help recovery, off-road vehicles ordered off 572,000 acres of desert tortoise critical habitat

December 16, 2004 - ORCAS WILL BE PROTECTED UNDER ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT: Conservationists Hail Decision to Protect Orcas, Demand Congress Protect Endangered Species Act

December 16, 2004 - CONDOR CONCERN: TOXIC LEAD HUNTING AMMUNITION TARGETED FOR PHASE-OUT

December 15, 2004 - CENTER FILES NOTICE OF INTENT TO SUE TO PREVENT "ACCIDENTAL" GOVT. KILLING OF JAGUARS

December 15, 2004 - CENTER FILES PETITION TO PROTECT TUCSON SHOVEL-NOSED SNAKE

December 9, 2004 - FOREST SERVICE REVERSES CONTROVERSIAL LAND EXCHANGE DECISION AFTER PROTESTS FROM HOMEOWNERS, CONSERVATIONISTS

December 9, 2004 - CENTER CHALLENGES PRESCOTT TO SAVE UPPER VERDE RIVER

December 7, 2004 - U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE RELEASES FIVE YEAR REVIEW OF MEXICAN WOLF REINTRODUCTION

December 2, 2004 - FOUR SPECIES OF LAMPREY TO BE CONSIDERED FOR PROTECTION UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT

December 2, 2004 - Conservationists to challenge Bush Fish & Wildlife Service's failure to consider protection for 17 at-risk Algodones Dunes endemic species

November 11, 2004 - CITING HABITAT DAMAGE, CONSERVATIONISTS WANTBORDER PATROL TO RECONSIDER NEW PLANS FOR BORDER CONSTRUCTION

November 9, 2004 - Groups challenge Bush administration to protect endangered species and public health at BLM Clear Creek Management Area 

November 4, 2004 - EXPANDED LAWSUIT OVER RAPTOR KILLS AT ALTAMONT PASS, CA WIND TURBINES

October 25, 2004 - LEGAL PROTECTIONS SOUGHT FOR RARE BUTTERFLIES

October 25, 2004 - Katie Lee — Leading Lady of the Mighty Colorado — to Perform Tucson Benefit for Center for Biological Diversity

October 25, 2004 - CONSERVATIONISTS CHALLENGE BUREAUCRATS’ FAILURE TO PROTECT WORLD’S MOST IMPERILED WHALE

October 6, 2004 - Conservationists request new evaluation of predator control threats to jaguars

October 6, 2004 - Increased protection petitioned for Southwestern Desert Nesting Bald Eagle

October 1, 2004 - Endangered Species Status Sought for Black-Footed Albatross

September 30, 2004 - Coalition of Conservation Groups Calls for Halt of Illegal Actions Threatening Cheat River Canyon Wildlife

September 30, 2004 - PROTECTION SOUGHT FOR IMPERILED AFRICAN ANTELOPES

September 27, 2004 - BIOLOGISTS GO TO COURT FOR MOJAVE RARE PLANT HABITAT

September 24, 2004 - CONSERVATIONISTS AND GOVERNMENT SETTLE LAWSUIT ON ENDANGERED JAGUARS

September 23, 2004 - Rule Change Undermines Environmental Safeguards in the Name of ‘Streamlining’

September 20, 2004 - Broad Coalition Acts to Save a National Treasure in South Dakota: Lawsuit is Last Ditch Effort to Stop Destruction of Critical Ferret Habitat

September 20, 2004 - Bush Administration Admits Failure to Protect Great Lakes Wildlife: Agrees to Protect Habitat for Critically Endangered Hine’s Emerald Dragonfly

September 20, 2004 - ROUNDTAIL AND HEADWATER CHUBS HEADED FOR EXTINCTION: BUSH ADMINISTRATION FAILS TO PROTECT NATION'S WILDLIFE

September 13, 2004 - Critical Habitat will protect six endangered plants from extinction and promote their recovery

September 8, 2004 - Endangered Pacific Island Bird to Receive Habitat Protection Settlement protects Rota bridled white-eye

September 7, 2004 - San Pedro Consumer Complaint Filed against ADWR

September 7, 2004 - International Conservation Groups Call on Bush & Koizumi to Save the Okinawa Dugong

September 2, 2004 - Conservationists Sue Federal Government to Conserve Endangered Fish Habitat

September 1, 2004 - PROTECTION SOUGHT FOR CALIFORNIA SPOTTED OWL  

September 1, 2004 - LAWSUIT FILED TO PROTECT TWO IMPERILED VIRGIN ISLAND PLANT SPECIES

August 16, 2004 - LAWSUIT FILED TO PROTECT HABITAT FOR FIVE RARE PLANT SPECIES

August 10, 2004 - CALIFORNIA TIGER SALAMANDER CRITICAL HABITAT PROPOSED IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA: YET BUSH ADMINISTRATION CONTINUES TO DEFY THE LAW

August 5, 2004 - CONSERVATION GROUPS CHALLENGE PALM SPRINGS URBAN SPRAWL PROJECT THREATENING BIGHORN SHEEP

Auguat 4, 2004 - Court finds Bush administration desert species permits illegal

August 3, 2004 - Bush administration hacks dunes endangered species critical habitat by 60%

July, 30, 2004 - INVESTIGATION SOUGHT FOR DEATH OF CALIFORNIA CONDOR

July 27, 2004 - REPORT HIGHLIGHTS PESTICIDE THREATS TO ENDANGERED SPECIES AND HUMAN HEALTH: Bush Administration Rollback Would Weaken Regulation of Harmful Pesticides

July 26, 2004 - CALIFORNIA TIGER SALAMANDER PROTECTED IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA UNDER FEDERAL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT

July 19, 2004 - Conservationists move to protect 16 Algodones Dunes endemic species from Bush off-road plan

July 2, 2004 - WORLD'S LEADING CORAL REEF EXPERTS VOICE OPPOSITION TO U.S. MILITARY AIRBASE PROJECT AT HENOKO, OKINAWA, AND HIGHLIGHT THE THREAT THAT LAND-FILL PROJECTS POSE TO CORAL REEFS.

June 24, 2004 - U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE ORDERED TO CONSIDER ENDANGERED STATUS FOR THREE WESTERN SPECIES

June 23, 2004 - COASTAL CUTTHROAT TROUT HEADED FOR EXTINCTION; BUSH ADMINISTRATION PLAYS POLITICS

June 19, 2004 - PETITION FILED TO PROTECT SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS SALAMANDER AS ENDANGERED SPECIES  

June 15, 2004 - BAY AREA CONGRESS MEMBERS CHALLENGE ADMINISTRATION'S ATTEMPT TO WEAKEN THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT: Proposed Rules Remove Science from Pesticide Analysis.

June 14, 2004 - Conservationist’s File Notice of Intent to Sue Bush Administration for Failing to Protect Coral Reefs from Extinction

June 8, 2004 - Arizona Defends Its Right to Destroy the Last Free Flowing River in the Desert Southwest for Developers’ Benefit; Center for Biological Diversity Counters With Lawsuit

May 28, 2004 - CONSERVATION GROUPS APPEAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY’S APPROVAL OF RECREATIONAL COMPLEX WITHOUT ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW

May 26, 2004 - Court strikes down USFWS decision to not list the Queen Charlotte Goshawk under the Endangered Species Act

May 25, 2004 - AFTER YEARS OF DELAY, AGREEMENT REACHED ON LISTING OF TWO RARE PLANTS; THIRD STILL NEEDS ACTION

May 20, 2004 - COURT HALTS CONSTRUCTION IN BALD EAGLE HABITAT

May 20, 2004 - Citizens Seek Habitat Protection for Endangered Pacific Island Bird

May 18, 2004 - THREE SPECIES OF SOUTHWEST NATIVE FISH IN TROUBLE: BUSH ADMINISTRATION DRAGS ITS FEET PROTECTING THEM

May 17, 2004 - Legal Accord To Speed Endangered Species Act Listing For 73 Of The World’s Rarest Bird Species

May 12, 2004 - Conservation Groups Move To Protect Seven Imperiled Swallowtail Butterflies on Three Continents

May 12, 2004 -CONSERVATIONISTS INITIATE CHALLENGE TO FISHERY SERVICE’S ‘DON’T LOOK, DON’T PROTECT’ POLICY FOR WORLD’S MOST IMPERILED WHALE

May 11, 2004 - ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS SUE TO PROTECT CALIFORNIA SPOTTED OWL

May 11, 2004 - Endangered Species Act Protection Needed for Casey’s June Beetle: Extinction is Likely Without Emergency Measures

May 4, 2004 - SCIENTISTS, ARTISTS AND CONSERVATIONISTS PETITION BUSH ADMINISTRATION TO PLACE 225 PLANTS AND ANIMALS ON ENDANGERED LIST

April 29, 2004 - Bills threatening Anza-Borrego Desert State Park and endangered species defeated

April 23, 2004 - PETITION FILED TO LIST NEVADA BUTTERFLY AS ENDANGERED SPECIES: Bush BLM failing to protect Sand Mountain blue from intensive off-road vehicle harm

April 21, 2004 - CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GROUPS OPPOSE LARGEST SINGLE DEVELOPMENT EVER PROPOSED IN CALIFORNIA

April 21, 2004 - CENTER REPORTS SHOWS SYSTEMATIC DELAYS IN ENDANGERED SPECIES LISTING PROGRAM DROVE NEARLY 100 SPECIES TO EXTINCTION

April 12, 2004 -Secret baiting and trapping of cougar in Sabino Canyon shows AGFD & USFS never ended hunt.

April 9, 2004 - Center for Biological Diversity Calls for Emergency Protection for the Tricolored Blackbird

April 1, 2004 - Senator's vendetta against desert park managers continues

March 30, 2004 - Petition filed to protect the yellow-billed loon under the ESA

March 29, 2004 - Conservationists file formal petition for rule-making for Mexican wolves

March 28, 2004 - AGFD & USFS call off Sabino Canyon lion hunt.

March 25, 2004 - Assault on ecologist part of AGFD's larger problem of hearing and respecting public input.

March 24, 2004 - Court Decision Stalls Nevada Fedaral Land Sale

March 22,2004- Conservation groups propose moving cougars farther up mountain, away from people.

March 19, 2004 -AGFD admits moving adult cougars to captivity doesn’t work.

March 18, 2004 -Conservationists reject AGFD proposal to move Sabino Canyon Mountain Lions at this time. Move, captivity may kill pumas.

March 17, 2004 - Public forum Friday in Tucson on Sabino Canyon cougars.
Government ‘evidence’of puma threat still very sketchy. AGFD Director agrees to meeting.

March 15, 2004 - LAWSUIT FILED TO PROTECT ENDANGERED AND THREATENED SOUTHEASTERN MUSSELS

March 15, 2003 - Arizona Game & Fish Director announces halt of Sabino Canyon cougar hunt. Game & Fish Commission will hold special meeting Tuesday in Phoenix.

March 15, 2004 - Citizens’non-violent hunt interference effort ongoing to protect pumas on-the-ground. Cougar hunters observed in Sabino Canyon area Sunday night.

March 13, 2004 - Arizonans pack Game & Fish Commission hearing today in Tucson, most to demand stop to cougar hunt

March 12, 2004 - Governor, Congressman and citizens ignored as officials rush mountain lion kill at Sabino Canyon

March 10, 2004 - USFS Targets Sabino Canyon Mountain Lions

March 9, 2004 - CONSERVATION GROUPS SEEK PROTECTION FOR GOSHAWK IN NORTHERN ROCKIES

March 3, 2004 - COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF CONSERVATION GROUPS SEEKING PROTECTION OF PREHISTORIC FISH

March 3, 2004 - Coral Reef Decline Continues, Extinction Imminent; Conservationist’s ESA Petition Demands That Bush Administration Take Action to Protect Species from Global Warming

February 25, 2004 - Senate Bills Big Threat to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park and Bighorn Recovery

February 23, 2004 - Hyundai Track Plan Threatens Desert & Endangered Wildlife, Conservation groups challenge Bush administration permits

February 19, 2004 - Conservation Groups Challenge Bush Administration Old Growth Timber Sale Overlooking Grand Canyon National Park

February 12, 2004 - GROUPS CHALLENGE ENORMOUS OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT NEAR ZUNI SALT LAKE

February 10, 2004 - NEW BORDER FENCE UNECESSARILY HURTS COMMUNITIES, LAWSUIT CONTENDS: Local, State Groups Aim to Ensure That Federal Government Looks at Safer Alternatives

February 9, 2004 - RARE PUERTO RICO COQUI FROG TO RECEIVE PROTECTIONS UNDER LEGAL ACCORD

February 5, 2004 - USFWS PROPOSES RULE TO LIST ALASKA’S SEA OTTERS UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT AFTER YEARS OF DELAY

Feruary 4, 2004 - Conservationists File Lawsuit for Wetlands Dragonfly Critical Habitat Designation: Bush admin. won’t map habitat in IL, MI, MO & WI —despite mandate & proof of effectiveness

February 3, 2004 - Group Releases Report on Regional Effects of 2003 Wildfires on Endangered Species, Calls for Additional Environmental Review for Development Projects

February 2, 2004 - BURROWING OWL REPORT SUPPRESSED BY FISH AND GAME COMES TO LIGHT: “OWLGATE”INCIDENT SUGGESTS DECISION NOT TO PROTECT THE SPECIES WAS IMPROPER

January 29, 2004 - COALITION FILES CALIFORNIA ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT LISTING PETITION FOR IMPERILED CALIFORNIA TIGER SALAMANDER

January 28, 2004 - Pinal County Planning and Zoning Commission Holds 3rd Hearing on Jan 29th will vote on rezoning proposal for La Osa Ranch sprawl city.

January 26, 2004 - Bush EPA Sued for Not Protecting Barton Springs and Salamander from Toxins EPA won’t consult with wildlife agency, even after pesticide study & salamander deaths

January 21, 2004 - Groups Seek Federal Protection for Cherry Point Herring: Dramatic population decline and new development prompt ESA listing proposal

January 14, 2004 - LAWSUIT FILED TO PROTECT ATLANTIC WHITE MARLIN FROM LONGLINE FISHING; POPULAR SPORT FISH THREATENED WITH EXTINCTION DUE TO AGENCY MISMANAGEMENT

January 12, 2004 - LAWSUIT SEEKS REDRESS FOR MASSIVE ILLEGAL BIRD KILLS AT ALTAMONT PASS, CA, WIND FARMS

January 9, 2004 - CONSERVATION GROUPS FILE LEGAL CHALLENGE TO ILLEGAL DEVELOPMENT IN BALD EAGLE HABITAT

January 7, 2004 - Industry buys access to Bush admin. & western politicians to write anti-environmental agenda: News event by public-interest groups at 3pm Thursday in Phoenix

December 22, 2003 - Federal court holds ranchers in contempt for grazing on national forest lands. Rules trespass cattle should be removed from 174,396 acres of the Apache and Gila National Forests

December 22, 2003- Lawsuit Seeks Protection for Okinawa Woodpecker, One of the World’s Rarest Birds

December 17, 2003 - Developer Seeking Massive Pinal Rezoning Charged With Federal and State Violations Johnson blades huge area, washes & cultural sites for sprawl city; his goats harm rare bighorns

December 15, 2003 - PETITION FILED TO LIST MEXICAN GARTER SNAKE AS ENDANGERED SPECIES

December 12, 2003 - COURT IMPOSES INJUNCTION ON SIERRA POST-FIRE LOGGING PROJECT

December 4, 2003 - Sea Otter Population Decline Continues, Extinction Imminent; Conservationist's Lawsuit Demands That Bush Administration Put Protection Before Politics

December 4, 2003 - STATE DENIES PROTECTION FOR IMPERILED OWLS, ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS WILL FILE LAWSUIT

November 19, 2003 - LAWSUIT FILED TO PROTECT ENDANGERED TIDAL MARSH PLANTS, BUSH ADMINISTRATION CONTINUES TO WITHHOLD CRITICAL HABITAT FOR IMPERILED SPECIES

November 18, 2003 - FEDERAL JUDGE RULES IN FAVOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS IN SUIT TO PROTECT NORTHERN GOSHAWK

November 17, 2003 - Desert Art Show Highlights Public Lands -- Tour Hits 29 Palms Starting December 8, Photos by L.A.'s Andrew Harvey of Algodones Dunes, scenic wildlands turned 'Mad Max'

November 17, 2003 - Bush Administration Sued to Protect Critical Habitat for Texas Cave & Spring Species Unique species indicators of quality-of-life, threatened by harmful impacts to Edwards Aquifer

October 30, 2003 - LAWSUIT CHALLENGES ILLEGAL DENIAL OF E.S.A. LISTING BUSH ADMINISTRATION FAILS TO PROTECT FLAT-TAILED HORNED LIZARD & HABITAT

October 29, 2003 - Senate Wildfire Legislation Fails to Protect Communities: Experts Agree that Current Senate Wildfire Legislation Would Not Help Southern California, Other At-Risk Communities

October 29, 2003 - Conservationists Indicate Lawsuit for Wetlands Dragonfly Critical Habitat Designation , Bush administration fails to map Hine’s emerald recovery lands, despite mandate and proof of effectiveness

October 28, 2003 - STATEMENT ON SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FIRES

October 27, 2003 - CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GROUPS WIN LEGAL CHALLENGE TO MASSIVE KERN COUNTY DIESEL TRUCK AND INDUSTRIAL FACILITY

October 27, 2003 - NMFS Proposes Listing Prince William Sound Orcas as “Depleted”under the MMPA

October 24, 2003 - Groups Challenge Return of Long-term Alaska Timber Contracts

October 23, 2003 - States, Environmental Groups Challenge Bush on Global Warming, Twelve Attorneys General Challenge Politically Charged EPA Pollution Ruling

October 17, 2003 - FEDS AGREE TO ADD UNIQUE CHANNEL ISLANDS FOX TO ENDANGERED LIST: 19 YEAR DELAY TO END FOR ONE OF CALIFORNIA’S MOST ENDANGERED MAMMALS

October 17, 2003 - ARIZONA RANCHERS AND CONSERVATIONISTS THROW SUPPORT BEHIND GRAZING BUYOUT BILL

October 15, 2003 - CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY TARGET OF ARSON VEHICLE TORCHED IN APPARENT POLITICAL ATTACK

October 13, 2003 - FEDERAL JUDGE REFUSES TO WITHDRAW ORDER TO PROTECT MEXICAN SPOTTED OWL HABITAT; ORDERS "IMMEDIATE AND EXPEDITED" COMPLIANCE

October 10, 2003 - Charging Manipulated Science and Political Interference, Conservation
Groups Intend to Fight Mountain Plover Listing Denial in Court

October 9, 2003 - LAWSUIT FORCES REEVALUATION OF WILDERNESS STREAM POISONING PROJECT: CONSIDERATION OF ALTERNATIVES SOUGHT FOR PAIUTE CUTTHROAT TROUT RESTORATION

October 8, 2003 - Federal Court Maintains Off-Road Vehicle Ban at Algodones Dunes for Immediate Future

October 6, 2003 - AGENCY REPORTS TO CONGRESS CONTRADICT BUSH ADMINISTRATION’S ANTI-ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT CLAIMS

October 2, 2003 - ENVIRONMENTALISTS SEEK CONTEMPT OF COURT CHARGES AGAINST SECRETARY OF INTERIOR GALE NORTON IN THE MEXICAN SPOTTED OWL CASE

September 29, 2003 - FISHERIES SERVICE ANNOUNCES PENDING DECISION ON SALMON AND STEELHEAD HABITAT PROTECTION

September 29, 2003 - Groups Ask Fish and Wildlife Service to Adhere to Endangered Species Act Rules, Protect Dune Habitat

September 25, 2003 - US & JAPANESE CONSERVATION GROUPS JOIN IN LEGAL EFFORT TO SAVE OKINAWA DUGONG FROM EXTINCTION

September 24, 2003 - CONSERVATION GROUPS SUE TO STOP ILLEGAL CATTLE GRAZING ON NATIONAL FORESTS

September 2, 2003 - RENZI’S RIDER WOULD KILL RIVER TO AID CORPORATIONS & DEVELOPERS -- Freshman Congressman’s hidden agenda: defense contractors would win as San Pedro River dies

September 2, 2003 - CITIZENS ATTACK BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S BACK-ROOM DEALS WITH RANCHERS ~ DEMAND: KEEP CONTROL OF PUBLIC LANDS IN PUBLIC HANDS!

August 29, 2003 - BLM STALLS SAND MOUNTAIN PLAN AS BUSY WEEKEND APPROACHES: Bush administration working only with off-roadeers on excessive route plan that is not yet in place

August 26, 2003 - Citizens Appeal to Governor: Save the San Pedro River: “Please help stop Rep. Renzi’s San Pedro River-killing Rider,”Sen. McCain also key

August 22, 2003 - FEDERAL APPEALS COURT RULES CALIFORNIA-BASED LONGLINE FISHERY VIOLATES ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT: RULING WILL LIKELY RESULT IN RESTRICTIONS ON SWORDFISH FISHERY TO PROTECT ENDANGERED SEA TURTLES

August 21, 2003 - HOUSE REPUBLICAN RADICALS MAY UNDO BIPARTISAN SENATE COMPROMISE ON MILITARY ENVIRONMENTAL EXEMPTIONS