ENDANGERED SPECIES

Articles and editorials

In the Northwest—Sonar Tests' Effects on Wildlife Should Set Off Alarms, H4258 [20MY]

Bills and resolutions

Animals: assist in conservation of marine turtles and nesting habitats in foreign countries (see S. 1210), S7540 [9JN] (see H.R. 3378), H9981 [28OC]

———protect the remaining herd of wild and genetically pure American Buffalo (see H.R. 3446), H10457 [5NO]

California: designate certain public lands as wilderness and certain rivers as wild and scenic rivers (see S. 1555), S10906 [1AU]

———designate certain public lands as wilderness or salmon restoration areas and certain rivers as wild and scenic rivers and establish the Sacramento River National Conservation Area (see H.R. 3327), H9614 [16OC]

Columbia River: ensure salmon and steelhead preservation, maintain reasonably priced and reliable power, and conduct studies on the impact of dams on salmon and steelhead on the endangered species list (see H.R. 1097), H1640 [5MR]

Dept. of Defense: manage critical habitats of threatened species and apply resource laws on military installations in a manner compatible with demands of military readiness (see H.R. 1235), H1810 [12MR]

Dept. of the Interior: make authority to designate critical habitat discretionary instead of mandatory (see H.R. 2602), H5928 [25JN]

Endangered Species Act: anniversary (see H. Res. 480), H12920 [8DE]

———establish special requirements for determining whether the Preble's meadow jumping mouse is an endangered species or threatened species (see H.R. 1253), H1811 [12MR]

———improve listing, recovery planning, and delisting processes (see S. 369), S2340 [12FE]

———limit application relative to actions on military or private land and provide incentives for voluntary habitat maintenance (see H.R. 1965), H3682 [6MY]

———limit designation of Dept. of Defense areas as critical habitat (see H.R. 1835), H3450 [29AP]

———reform process for designating critical habitat (see H.R. 2933), H7782 [25JY]

———require Federal assumption of all costs relative to implementation and compliance (see S. 1178), S7381 [4JN]

———require the Dept. of the Interior to give greater weight to scientific or commercial data that is empirical or has been field-tested or peer-reviewed (see H.R. 1662), H2937 [8AP]

Federal agencies and departments: enable certain Federal agencies to rescue and relocate those species which are threatened by certain reconstruction, maintenance, or repair of manmade flood control levees (see H.R. 1194), H1744 [11MR]

Fish and fishing: prohibit commercial harvesting of Atlantic striped bass in coastal waters and the exclusive economic zone (see H.R. 1286), H1901 [13MR]

Forest Service: provide suitable grazing arrangements to persons holding grazing permits adversely affected by willow flycatcher and Yosemite toad restrictions (see S. 1111), S6978 [22MY] (see H.R. 2395), H5088 [9JN]

Grants Pass Irrigation District: authorize Federal implementation of activities dealing with the future take of threatened salmon species resulting from water diversion (see S. 1308), S8300 [20JN]

Marine mammals: reaffirm opposition to commercial and lethal scientific whaling and provide protection for, and conservation of, the world's whale populations to prevent trade in whale meat (see S. Con. Res. 55), S7832 [12JN] (see H. Con. Res. 216), H5366 [12JN]

Siegfried and Roy: tribute to achievements, recognize impact of their efforts on the conservation of endangered species, and wish Roy Horn a full and speedy recovery (see H. Res. 431), H10340 [4NO]

Washington County, UT: acquisition of property for implementation of a desert tortoise habitat (see S. 1209), S7540 [9JN]

Factsheets

General Statistics for Endangered Species: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, S3767 [17MR]

Threatened and Endangered Species System (TESS)—Listings by State and Territory: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, S3767 [17MR]

Letters

Critical habitats of protected species designation relative to military readiness and conservation of protected species: Richard B. Myers, Joint Chiefs of Staff, S6813 [21MY]

Remarks in House

California: designate certain public lands as wilderness or salmon restoration areas and certain rivers as wild and scenic rivers and establish the Sacramento River National Conservation Area (H.R. 3327), E2063 [16OC]

Dept. of Defense: exemption from certain environmental regulations, H4222 [19MY], H4257, H4258, H4259, H4261 [20MY], H4374, H4389, H4394, H4395, H4409, H4415, H4417, H4419, H4492, H4493 [21MY], H4551, H4554, H4601, H4607, H4609 [22MY]

———exemption from certain environmental regulations relative to sonar use on submarines, H10985, H10988 [7NO]

———modify requirements applicable to limitation on designation of critical habitat for protected species relative to military readiness and conservation of protected species, H11002 [7NO]

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit funding to subject management of Missouri River to regulatory action under Endangered Species Act, H7079-H7081 [17JY]

Ecology and environment: national objectives priority assignments, H163 [27JA], H8484-H8487 [23SE]

Fish and fishing: prohibit commercial harvesting of Atlantic striped bass in coastal waters and the exclusive economic zone (H.R. 1286), E460 [13MR]

Siegfried and Roy: tribute to achievements, recognize impact of their efforts on the conservation of endangered species, and wish Roy Horn a full and speedy recovery (H. Res. 431), H10346, H10347 [5NO]

Remarks in Senate

Animals: assist in conservation of marine turtles and nesting habitats in foreign countries (S. 1210), S7547 [9JN], S13741 [31OC]

Bureau of Reclamation: prohibit reduction or reallocation of water to be delivered under San Juan-Chama Project contracts for endangered species purposes in the Rio Grande River Basin, S10259, S10260 [30JY], S10896 [1AU]

California: designate certain public lands as wilderness and certain rivers as wild and scenic rivers (S. 1555), S10909 [1AU]

Dept. of Defense: exemption from certain environmental regulations, S14421, S14422, S14433, S14434 [11NO], S14484 [12NO]

———modify requirements applicable to limitation on designation of critical habitat for protected species relative to military readiness and conservation of protected species, S6810-S6815 [21MY], S6925, S6928 [22MY], S14792 [12NO]

Ecology and environment: national objectives priority assignments, S2377 [13FE], S9946-S9948 [25JY]

Endangered Species Act: circuit court decision relative to protection of silvery minnows, S8096 [18JN]

———improve listing, recovery planning, and delisting processes (S. 369), S2355 [12FE], S3766 [17MR]

———require Federal assumption of all costs relative to implementation and compliance (S. 1178), S7373 [4JN]

Forest Service: provide suitable grazing arrangements to persons holding grazing permits adversely affected by willow flycatcher and Yosemite toad restrictions (S. 1111), S6994 [22MY]

Grants Pass Irrigation District: authorize Federal implementation of activities dealing with the future take of threatened salmon species resulting from water diversion (S. 1308), S8304 [20JN]

Marine mammals: reaffirm opposition to commercial and lethal scientific whaling and provide protection for, and conservation of, the world's whale populations to prevent trade in whale meat (S. Con. Res. 55), S7846 [12JN]

Washington County, UT: acquisition of property for implementation of a desert tortoise habitat (S. 1209), S7546 [9JN]

Reports filed

Marine Turtle Conservation Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1210) (S. Rept. 108-167), S12838 [17OC]

National Security Readiness Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1835) (H. Rept. 108-99), H4129 [14MY]

Tables

Delisted endangered and threatened species, S3768 [17MR]

Summary of listed endangered and threatened species and recovery plans, S3767 [17MR]

Texts of

S. 1210, Marine Turtle Conservation Act, S7547-S7549 [9JN], S13741 [31OC]

S. 1308, Federal implementation of activities dealing with the future take of threatened salmon species resulting from water diversion from the Grants Pass Irrigation District, S8305 [20JN]

S. Con. Res. 55, reaffirm opposition to commercial and lethal scientific whaling and provide protection for, and conservation of, the world's whale populations to prevent trade in whale meat, S7845 [12JN]