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June 2008
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A few of the biggest environmental issues in California involving the coast and the border went before the Supreme Court today. The panel turned down an appeal from environmentalists who objected to the Bush administration's plans for building a fence along to the U.S. border with Mexico. Many environmental groups said the fence would cut off wildlife paths and slice through habitat for endangered species, among other things. 
The Press-Enterprise/Paul Alvarez
If you look close enough, you can see desert tortoises in the plastic bins being carried by Peter Woodman, a biologist. The bins were choppered to habitat south of Fort Irwin.
But the court did agree to hear a challenge by the U.S. Navy to a judge's order that limits high-frequency sonar during training exercises to protect whales. Here in the Inland region, one of our largest environment vs. military preparedness issues involves the Army's tank training center at Fort Irwin north of Barstow. After some 20 years of battles between environmentalists and the military, the Army this spring moved desert tortoises from an area it wanted to expand into despite a threat of legal action by an environmental group. Coyotes were later found to be killing and injuring some of the relocated tortoises. I checked in this morning with Ileene Anderson, with the Center for Biological Diversity, to get an update on the group's potential legal action involving the Army. She said the center is continuing to move on the 60-day legal notice. Stay tuned! |
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