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Show rajilBiBraiOa S&fi Page 12 Mtmimsiifk wti6ein wm iiiS r Qgjfe UINTAH BASIN STANDARD. November 6. 2001 26 new species may be prairie dogB have been candidate list when it has suflicient made by some states and tribes, more inlormution on biological vulnerabilconservation work will be needed by ity and threats to the species to warall states. Tribes and federal agencies rant proposing to list it as endanto sufficiently reduce threats to the gered or threatened. It then uses a species and to work toward recoveiy. formal priority system to determine An amphibian once common The other candidate species from the which The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service species will be proposed for Candimuch of the high eleva- mountain-prairi- e nutinnal revised a throughout published region remain un- listing first, granting highest priority date Notice of Review naming 252 tions in Colorado and Wyoming with changed in their Btatus and need to to secies in greatest need of protec-- t Kccies of plants and animals that some in New Mexico, the boreal toad be listed. ion. may warrant protection under the along with many other amphibians The Service places a species on t he Endangered Species Act, including have experienced a decline in population range wide. However, in 1999 26 new candidate species. In addition, the Notice includes the number of known breeding areas Ihi! :ir domestic animal and plant increased. This may be due to the species that are currently proposed survey clTorts that the status of the toad has not changed and its priority for addition to the list of endangered on the candidate list remains a numand threatened wildlife and plants. In the Mountain-Prairi- e Region ber three, which indicates the speof the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, cies status should be monitored which includes Colorado, Wyoming, closely. Better news for the plant. SleepUtah, Montana, North and South that occurs in Dakota, Kansas and Nebraska, the ing Ute milk-vetcstatus of 18 candidate species was southwestern Colorado on the Ute reviewed. Included in this year's re- Mountain Ute Reservation. Surveys view were the hluck-tuileprairie dog, in Bpring 2000 found an increase in the number of individual plants from the southern Rocky Mountain population of the boreal toad, Salt Creek the original estimate of 2,000-3,00- 0 tiger beetle and a plant called the to 3,744 plants, and there has been an (Acomplete increase in its range. Also, the threats SleepingUte milk-vetclist of the candidate species in the from oil and gas development in the mountain-prairi- e region can be found area have been reduced, but not elimiat the website: mountain- - nated. It will remain on the candiprairie. fws.goveiidsppcandidates, date list, but its listing priority is reduced from a number two to eight. which will he available soon.) The black-taile- d The Salt Creek tiger beetle, found prairie dog, which only in one small, isolated wetland in is believed to have been significantly Nebraska, received in this review a reduced over historical times mainly higher priority listing number ofthree from plague and pest control efforts instead of six in the previous year as via chemical agents, remains on the a result of an immediate threat to its candidate list with a priority number existence from anticipated develop- eight. The overall magnitude and ment that will occur along a highway immediacy of threats to this species corridor, where the beetle resides. is believed to remain unchanged since Evaluation of the threats will deter- the finding. While positive mine if listing of the beetle is needed first steps to conserve and manage in the near future. Deedle Olsen, Neola, (pictured at left) shot this moose in the Current Creek area on Sept. 25. Deedle and her husband Kent, each QUITE A CATCH! drew out for the Once in a Lifetime moose hunt this year. The rack on Deedles moose was 44 inches wide and 1 0 by 6. One shot from Kents muzzle loader took down this moose. The spread on Kent's moose is not 44 inches wide, but it does measure 9 by 7. Kent shot his moose in the Pole Creek area on Oct. 20. black-taile- d added to endangered list h, d h. Judge scolds interior for mishandling Indian money An exasperated federal judge berated the Interior Department on Tuesday for repeatedly failingto fix a system thut manages billions of dollars of American Indian money. He said the dereliction seems to be clear grounds to hold Interior Secretary Gale Norton and others in contempt of court U.S. District Judge Royce Lambcrth advised a government lawyer to throw yourself on the mercy of the court rather than defending conduct he called so clearly contemptuous. Lambcrth is presiding in a lawsuit Hied in 1998 on behalf of 300,000 American Indians that alleges the government squandered at least $10 billion in royalties from Indian land and possibly many times that amount. The government admits mismanaging the trust frind. Almost two yean ago, Lamberth ordered the Interior Department to piece together how much it owes the Indians and to overhaul its accounting system. Neither has happened, in spite of $614 million spent by the Interior, according to a series of reports in recent months by a watchdog. Moreover, Interior oflicials have misled the court about the status of reform e (Torts, the reports say. The Indians attorneys want contempt orders and possible jail time court-appoint- ? t, S; u fr for close to 50 government officials for obstructing the system overhaul and misleading the court. On Tuesday, Lamberth scolded Assistant US. Attorney Mark Nagle for seeking six more weeks to respond to the contempt motions. He cited several instances in which he said Interior oflicials clearly violated court orders. In one instance, the chief of staff for Norton's predecessor, Bruce Babbitt, decided that Lamberth should not be told that a $40 million accounting system didnt work. That fact alone is so contemptuous of this court that I don't understand what you think you're going to do with this trial, Lamberth told Nagle, who recently took over defense of the contempt motions. But he gave Nagle two weeks to respond and said contempt hearings could begin Nov. 30. I hope the government will tell me in their filing who is in charge of trust reform, Lamberth said. "It's allegedly the secretary, but she sure doesnt act like it The government established the Indian trust accounts in 1887 to collect Indian royalties from grazing, logging, mining and oil drilling on 54 million acres of Indian land. To actually see inside your ear canal - it would be fascinating, wouldnt it? 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In addition, we are offering audiometric hearing evaluations, to help further identify your hearing difficulties and assist in amplification selection. state-of-the-a- Wind River proposes to drill 150 wells in North Hill Creek Wind River Resources (Wind River) is proposing to drill up to an iidditinnal 150 wells in the North Hill Creek Hren, which is located on the Uinliili and Ouray Indian Reservation in Uintah County. Total land under lease to Wind River is nearly 2.1,560 acres. A sniping meeting to discuss Environmental Assessment ( EA)and the proposed project will be held on Friday, Nov. 9 at the Ute Tribal Auditorium, Fort Duchesne. The afternoon meeting will he held from 2 to 4 p.m. and the evening meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. A complete copy of the scoping notice cun he obtained by contacting: Charlie Cameron, U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, Uintah and Ouray Agency, Fort Duchesne, Utah 84026. 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