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Give a Hoot, Don't Uproot
Interior Department urged to redo recovery plan for spotted owl |
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03 Oct 2007 |
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| Posted at 3:15 PM on 03 Oct 2007 Was the Interior Department's recovery plan for the northern spotted owl watered down because of political pressure to favor logging interests? Six peer reviews of the plan (five of them funded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) suggest yes. So do 113 scientists who sent a letter yesterday asking the Interior Department to rewrite its draft plan, which favored shooting ... |
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