NEWS ROUNDUP

Leavitt Will Count On Collaberation for success at EPA, says Fox News...Federal Court Sides With BPA. A federal court Tuesday rejected claims that the Bonneville Power Administration illegally harmed salmon during the 2001 drought.
Several conservation groups and tribes challenged the BPA after the federal power marketing agency declared an emergency and halted the spilling of water over Columbia and Snake River dams, a practice that helps salmon migrate to sea. Instead, the BPA and fishery authorities stepped up the use of barges to transport young fish downstream... Conservation Groups Take Legal Action to protect CA Spotted Owl. The Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Nevada Forest Protection Campaign, and six other organizations, represented by Earthjustice, filed a 60-day notice of intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today. The notice to sue challenges the Fish and Wildlife Service's February 12, 2003, decision denying protection for the owl... Wolf Plans Nearly Ready for Study in Montana. Select scientists and wildlife managers could get their first official look, possibly this month, at state plans for managing gray wolves in the region once the animals are removed from federal protection, a federal wildlife official said Tuesday... Fish Could Get Part of Marine Base. A newly approved legal settlement could result in additional protection for stream-side habitats in San Diego County, including parts of Camp Pendleton, essential to the survival of endangered steelhead trout... Senators Crapo and Craig Moderate A Grazing Summit in Boise. Good info in this long article; the Senators appear to be going all out to help their grazing permittees in Idaho.