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"Norm Edelen & Lisa Hayashi" <normane at hevanet_com>: NANFA--G. Sneegas: News: CAP, Lake Isabella Dam




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>Date: 11 Jun 1997 09:50:32
>From: ksuckling at sw-center_org
>Subject: News:  CAP, Lake Isabella Dam
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>From: kieran suckling <ksuckling at sw-center_org>
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>1.  CENTRAL ARIZONA PROJECT DEFUNDS FISH PROTECTION
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>2.  FOIA SUIT FILED AGAINST C.E.Q.- AGENCY HIDING DOCUMENTS LINKING
>    CLINTON ADMINISTRATION TO SUBVERSION OF E.S.A.
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>CENTRAL ARIZONA PROJECT DEFUNDS FISH PROTECTION
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>For the second year in a row, the Central Arizona Project (CAP) has
>requested a decrease in its own budget to cut funding for protection
>of endangered fish. The cut will eliminate funds to construct fish
>barriers to protect the loach minnow, spikedace, Gila topminnow, and
>razorback sucker from competition with, and predation by exotic
>fish. CAP transports water and exotic fish from the Colorado River,
>350 miles across central Arizona, to deliver them into the Gila River
>system. The fish barriers are required by a 1994 biological opinion
>which determined CAP will jeopardize the existence of the four
>species.
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>The biological opinion was rushed to completion after the Southwest
>Center threatened to file suit against the Bureau of Reclamation for
>operating the canal system without Fish and Wildlife Service
>approval. The Center is currently challenging the adequacy of the
>biological opinion in court.
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>According to a 6/8/97 article in the Arizona Republic: "It seems like
>a surprising turn since Arizona politicians have had their hands out
>for federal funds in the $4.7 billion project for half a century. On
>close inspection, however, the recent offer by CAP managers isn't
>just about trimming the budget. It's another shot in a war over things
>that really matter: the survival of endangered species.
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>FOIA SUIT FILED AGAINST C.E.Q.- AGENCY HIDING DOCUMENTS LINKING
>CLINTON ADMINISTRATION TO SUBVERSION OF E.S.A.
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>The Southwest Center for Biological Diversity filed suit against the
>Council on Environmental Quality on March 30, 1997 for refusing
>to provide politically embarrassing documents as required by the
>Freedom of Information Act. The documents show that Katie
>McGinty, a presidential appointee and head of CEQ, conspired with
>California Congressman Calvin Dooley and deputy Secretary of
>Interior, John Garamandi, to subvert the Endangered Species Act.
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>McGinty and Garamandi illegally intervened in an Endangered
>Species Act consultation over the effects of Lake Isabella dam (CA)
>on the endangered southwestern willow flycatcher. They arranged
>secret meetings with Congressman Dooley to override Fish and
>Wildlife Service biologists' attempts to alter management of the dam
>to protect the endangered songbird.
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>The Southwest Center won a similar lawsuit in 1996 against John
>Garamandi's office for hiding politically and legally embarrassing
>documents. The documents led to a Southwest Center petition to filed
>criminal charges against Garamandi. Both suits were filed by Larry
>Sanders of Berliner Law Offices (Nevada City, CA).
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>________________________ !!! NEW ADDRESS !!!  
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>Kieran Suckling                               ksuckling at sw-center_org
>Executive Director                            520.623.5252 phone
>Southwest Center for Biological Diversity     520.623.9797 fax
>http://www.envirolink.org/orgs/sw-center      pob 710, tucson, az 
>85702-710
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