Nomination of Charles W. Pickering, Sr., to the Fifth Circuit

• "Senate Dems Balk at Judge Nominee" (AP, 2/8/02)
• Letter from environmental groups (Earthjustice, Defenders of Wildlife, Scenic America, Community Rights Counsel) to Senate Judiciary Cmte. members (2/7/02)
• People for the American Way (PFAW) page on Pickering
• PFAW report
• "COCHRAN, LOTT RECOMMEND JUDGE CHARLES PICKERING FOR U.S. COURT OF APPEALS" (1/31/01 press release)
• More on Pickering from Alliance for Justice's Independent Judiciary web page

Notices of intent to sue re: cottontail, wolverine sent

• Defenders of Wildlife, Biodiversity Legal Foundation, Conservation Action Project, and Endangered Small Animals Conservation Fund NOITS to FWS for failing to issue a 12-month finding on the Aug. 29, 2000, petition to list the New England cottontail as endangered or threatened (2/8/02)
• Defenders of Wildlife, Biodiversity Legal Foundation, Predator Conservation Alliance, Friends of the Clearwater, Superior Wilderness Action Network, and Klamath-Siskiyou Wildands Center send NOITS to FWS for failing to issue a 12-month finding on the July 11, 2000, petition to list the wolverine as endangered or threatened (2/8/02)

FY 2003 budget request released

• DOI news release on FY 2003 request
• Main DOI budget page
• FWS highlights (includes numbers)

Lawsuit filed to list Sonoma County California tiger salamander

• Press release from Center for Biological Diversity (1/31/02)
• Lawsuit

Lawsuit filed to delist Southern Oregon/Northern California coho salmon.

• See Pacific Legal Foundation press release, which includes a link to the complaint.

NAS releases Klamath report

• Go here for NRC news release
• Norton asks for FWS, BuRec to review report, get back to her in 10 days; says she's "concerned by weaknesses revealed" by the study (2/4/02)
• House Resources Chairman criticizes "poor science" (press release, 2/5/02)
• Full report in PDF format

Report by chapters

• Cover page, summary
• Introduction
• Evaluation of FWS BiOp on suckers
• Evaluation of NMFS BiOp on coho
• Conclusions, etc.

Press coverage

• Biologists on Defensive in Klamath Water Fight (L.A. Times, 2/9/02. Quote: "Several of the scientists on the 12-member National Academy panel expressed dismay that their report is being used to wage war on [FWS and NMFS] biologists.")
• Washington Post story: "Scientific Report Roils a Salmon War" (2/4/02)
• Oregonian: "Scientists critical of Klamath water ban" (2/4/02)
• Klamath Falls Herald & News water page, with links to stories
  • Report's summary in HTML from Klamath Falls Herald & News
• Oregon Natural Resources Council news links (Seattle Times, L.A. Times, Post-Intelligencer, plus more Klamath Basin press--updated regularly )

More on Klamath

• BuRec releases Biological Assessment (DOI release, 1/28/02)
• Oregonian article on BuRec BA

More...

• BLM reassigns key So. Cal. manager after political pressure by off-road and grazing interests (PEER, Earthjustice news release, 1/29/02)
• Bridger-Teton uses challenged (Earthjustice press release, 1/29/02)