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AmeriScan: May 17, 2004

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Low on Funds, Forest Service Neglects Biodiversity

PORTLAND, Oregon, May 17, 2004 (ENS) - The U.S. Forest Service is failing to effectively manage forests for nontimber products, such as mushrooms, ginseng and other medicinal plants, floral greens and thousands of other wild forest species harvested from the nation's forests, scientists say.
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Bush Officials Torched for Fire Tanker Decision

WASHINGTON, DC, May 17, 2004 (ENS) - Federal lawmakers have vowed to battle the Bush administration's decision to ground the federal government's privately contracted fleet of 33 fixed-wing firefighting air tankers.
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Greenpeace in Court for Sailor Mongering

MIAMI, Florida, May 17, 2004 (ENS) - The bizarre case involving Greenpeace and alleged violations of an 1872 law enacted to prevent "sailor mongering" begins today in U.S. District Court in Miami.
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Public Opposes Biscuit Fire Logging Project

WASHINGTON, DC, May 17, 2004 (ENS) - Some 95 percent of public comments received by the U.S. Forest Service oppose the Bush administration's preferred alternative for logging in the Siskiyou National Forest, according to a report released by conservation groups.
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Marine Fisheries Service Faces Pacific Right Whale Suit

TUCSON, Arizona, May 17, 2004 (ENS) - The Center for Biological Diversity intends to sue the National Marine Fisheries Service for its alleged failure to protect the North Pacific right whale under the Endangered Species Act.
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Greens Sue to Obtain Otero Mesa Drilling Plans

SANTA FE, New Mexico, May 17, 2004 (ENS) - Conservationists filed a law suit in federal court in New Mexico Thursday to acquire documents relating to the government's plan to open unroaded wild areas of the Otero Mesa to oil and gas drilling.
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Conservationists Want Protection for Foreign Butterflies

PORTLAND, Oregon, May 17, 2004 (ENS) - Two conservation groups filed suit last week in federal district court in Portland to force the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect seven swallowtail butterfly species as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
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Asteroid May Have Caused Massive Extinction Wave

ROCHESTER, New York, May 17, 2004 (ENS) - Scientists believe they have found the crater made when a massive asteroid slammed into the planet some 251 million years ago. They contend the impact caused the greatest extinction in Earth's history.
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