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Show MARCH 1996 Evangelicals to Save Endangered Act WASHINGTON, DIG — The Evangelical Environmental Network will spend $1 million ir a campaign aimed at keeping Republicans in Congress from gutting the Endangered Species Act The group was founded in 1993 than 1,000 and represents more churches nationwide. Their advertising campaign will cover 18 states with TV and radio ads The Evangelicals apparently are take their cue from the biblical story of Noah o and his ark in the book Genesis Noah loaded all the animals on his ark, two-by-two, to save them from the great flood The Evangelical network says today’s flood is one of pollution and habitat destruction. The ark — The Endangered Species Act Conservative Republicans owe much of their popular support, particularly in the South and Southeast, to conservative Christians Environmental WHO’S ON FIRST? Pneumonia Outbreak Killing Bighorns The five-year program was aimed at removing the wolf from the endangered species list by transplanting Canadian wolves to Yellowstone and northern Idaho. The program was met by a howl of protests from ranchers and western conservative politicians But now the US Fish and Wildlife service says the initial rounds of transplants were so successful the program can now be halted. “There’s no reason we couldn't be de-listing (wolves from the endangered species list) soon and get the feds out of everybodys hair,” said project manager Ed Bangs. Congressional budget cuts along with two successful rounds of wolf transplants from Canada could spell the end to the controversial program Times” Tour Guides Travel Directory * Hotels * Travel Agencies * Outfitters * B&Bs RESERVE SPACE NOW Only $49.95 25,000 CALL OR Bennett said they were proud of their zero rankings. Utahns Not FAX Want Coal Condor WASHINGTON D.C. — Sen. Bob Bennett is leading the Utah Congressional delegation against a move by the Department of Interior to release California condors in the Vermilion Cliffs area of northern Arizona, just south of the Utah border. They fear the condors will soon be flying near the Kaiparowits Plateau, per month issues DENVER — Former employees of wildlife photographer Marty Stouffer say he staged fights between predators and filmed scenes in cages that were said to be in the wild. Stouffer is the creator of the PBS TV series “Wild America.” According to the Denver Post, an Aspen, Colo. woman who raises wild animals rented several raccoons to Stouffer more than a decade ago. Chris Moaklin said that Stouffer tied a rabbit to a post with fishing line and then let the raccoons attack it. Stouffer denied the allegation WASHINGTON D.C. — Republican Senators Orrin Hatch and Bob Bennett and Rep. Jim Hansen all received the lowest score possible —zero — for votes on 14 environmental issues. The scorecards were issued by the League of Conservation Voters, which tracks environmental issues through Congress. Rep. Enid Waldholtz received an 8% rating, while Democrat Rep. Bill Orton was given a 31% approval rating, still dismal by environmentalist views. The Sierra Club described the Utah Congressional delegation’s performance as abysmal and irresponsible. For their parts, Sens. Hatch and GREAT GETAWAYS Adventure Allegation: Wildlife Fights Staged by Photographer Utah Republicans Score Low Marks Into the “Mountain Capsules ° Wolf Transplant Program at an End CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Get News where a Dutch firm wants to open a coal mine. The condors, whose numbers fell to only 27 a decade ago, will undoubtedly be listed as endangered species upon release. Members of Utah’s Congressional delegation, and Sen. Bennett in particular, fear that could impede mining at Smokey Hollow by Andalex Resources Inc. They have asked Secretary Bruce Babbitt to extend the comment period for another year, delaying the releasé. Babbitt has declined. Mining approvals for Andalex are about one year away. per month 801-649-8046 PAGE 14 BOISE — Bighorn sheep in Hells Canyon National Recreation Area are dying from an outbreak of pneumonia. Environmentalists, hunters and the Nez Perce tribe have filed for an injunction in federal court to stop local rancher, Oliver Wertz from grazing his sheep in the canyon. But Wertz says his sheep aren't to blame because his herds are 70 miles from the outbreak. Wertz, who pays about $15,000 a year for grazing permits in the area is allowed to graze about 4,000 sheep, The rancher says he can not believe his sheep caused the outbreak. T don’t think the poor, little lambs should be blamed for that trouble with the bighorns,” he said. “If they can blame us and we're so far away, they'll kick all the sheep out of the rural west for wildlife habitat.” officials remain But wildlife alarmed. “This damn stuff is doing something we've never observed before,” said Lloyd Oldenburg, “It’s a major, major situation.” Survey: 70 % Oppose Nuclear Waste Shipment WASHINGTON — About 7% (per cent of Americans oppose shipment of high-level nuclear waste to an interim storage site in Nevada, according to a poll conducted by several anti-nuclear groups. A nuclear waste transportation campaign affecting 43 states over a 30year period will ignite a firestorm of citizen opposition along the transporta- ‘ tion routes, said Fred Millar, Nuclear Waste Citizens Coalition. travel Nuclear waste would through Utah on Interstates-15, 70 and 84. According to the survey, 70 percent said they preferred a two-year review of nuclear-waste disposal options rather than the bill now before Congress. Scott Denman of the Safe Energy Communication Council, said that although he nuclear industry wants a “quick fix” to the problem of nuclear waste storage, voters want a “solution their grandchildren can live with.” |
