NOAA throws out the claims by the Pacific Legal Foundation (a conservative legal action organization that fights against environmental laws, among other issues), that that the Puget Sound Southern Resident pod was not unique. The people that funded this ought to replace their lawyers, who might have warned them that the argument was absurd and a waste of time and money.
SEATTLE (AP) — Killer whales that spend their summers in Puget Sound are a distinct population group and will remain protected under the Endangered Species Act, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Friday.
Read the whole story at:
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/noaa-puget-sound-killer-whales-stay-protected
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Al I need help figuring out which agency to discuss the algae blooms and slime in Quilcene Bay. JD Gallant is very upset. Who can we communicate with?
Thank you
John
Why wouldn’t it be DOE?
Watch for the argument that (insert population group and species) are not entitled to protection because there are plenty more of the species somewhere else, to continue to be used by conservative legal groups fighting against environmental laws. I don’t think we’ll see any let up in the fight against environmental laws as water becomes more scarce in the arid West.