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Show r SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS News Legals Continued from Page WEDNESDAY JULY 11, 2001 tinuing trend of goshawk habi: tat curtailment in the western United States. The northern goshawk (Accipi-te- r 1 gentilis) is a bird of prey that there is ample evidence in the lives in mountain forests in the administration record to sup- northern hemisphere, including port the Services decision that the listing of the northern goshawk in the contiguous United States, west of the 100th meridian, is not warranted because available information does not indicate that this population is in danger of extinction or likely to become so in the foreseeable future. This court has found that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service collected the available information, considered all relevant factors and made a reasoned decision based upon credible, substantial evidence in the record, Judge Frye wrote in her opin- North America. A large, ravensized hawk, it has a black crown and cheek with a broad white stripe over the eye, pale gray breast and darker gray back. The goshawks short wings and long tail allow it to maneuver through the forest after birds and to catch small mammals on the ground, unlike most hawks, which soar above more open landscapes. The Service based its decision not to list the northern goshawk on a review of existing data, and the findings of a status review team ofnine biologists. The team sent its draft status review information to 99 state, tribal and ion. Anne Badgley, Regional Di- federal agency biologists and to rector of the Services Pacific 13 goshawk researchers to reRegion, said the judges opinion view the analytical methods and affirms the Services careful ap- approach used by the Service. The status review team found proach to reviewing citizen petitions for listing species. that it was not possible to deterEven when we dont have as mine whether the goshawk much information as we would population numbers in the relike we must make a decision on view area are stable, increasing the basis of what we do' have, or decreasing, but they conRegional Director Badgley said. cluded that the distribution of This ruling supports our find- breeding goshawks in the West ing that the available informa- did not appear to have changed tion does not show a decline in from the historical range. , Based on available informa goshawk populations or a con SCREAM '& ON OVER WHILE YOURE Orfi m the goshawks habitat in the western United States. The case was brought against the Service on Feb. 25, 1999, by the Center for Biological Diversity and 18 other organizations, who claimed that the Services decision not to list the northern goshawk was arbitrary and capricious. The plaintiffs had petitioned the Service in 1991 to list the northern goshawk for protection under the federal Endangered Species Act f Wednesday, July 11, Work meetrag-5:3- 0 p.mu 0 meeting-7:0p.m. Regular 1. Review agfenda Work meeting - V y ; s pi . i 2. Recognition cards V ,' 3. Propane tank discussion ,y ; a v ' visit ; y iy possible sites ; ' consider alternatives , ? ; " 'y' y ; k ' :, A, Work on board goals' ;r ,? 5. Family health insurance for school hoard 'Itegtilar'meeting S I. ; Welcome ' 11 Approval of minutes' y y ;; y y : HI, Financial itemsy' y yyyy , ' , , , , -- - -- - . , r,- , ft. I X ' , , '? A: Checkregister: ; y y,:' ' y y By Financial statements yy y IV-'- Information items' y yy' 'A Student body presidents y '' . ;, ; , , education ; B, V Public comment period ;y Pre-schoolad- uit VI, Consent agenda ; y A. Construction managers report ' ; , ,, y yy y , y, - - j , - Valley High School' y -- 1. 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Judge Frye found significant studies in the administrative record that support this finding. Among those she cited a 1996 report by the Wildlife Society, an organization of professional wildlife scientists, that concluded no evidence was presented to indicate that northern goshawk populations are declining, threatened or endangered in the Southwest or anywhere within its range, and we find no decline evidence of a long-terin goshawk breeding populations. Judge Frye also ruled that it was not improper for the Service to include two U.S. Forest Service employees on the status review team because national forest land accounts for much of |