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Recent print and broadcast news coverage of WFLC'c legal cases and advocacy issues listed chronologically. You may also browse news coverage by issue using the menu in the sidebar.
May 01, 2012: Greenwire: "EPA moves to regulate runoff from logging roads as Supreme Court eyes case"
May 1, 2012 -- U.S. EPA is writing rules that would require pollution-discharge permits for the muddy runoff from logging roads.
Dec 12, 2011: Greenwire: "Justices ask Obama admin to weigh in on pollution permitting for logging roads"
December 12, 2011 -- The Supreme Court has asked the Obama administration for its views on whether stormwater runoff on logging roads requires Clean Water Act permitting.
Nov 02, 2011: Seattle Times: "Follow the law to protect fish and water supplies"
Nov. 2, 2011 -- A controversial federal appeals court decision shines a light on an exemption to clean-water regulations that can compromise healthy fish runs and water supplies.
Sep 16, 2011: Law360: "USTR Mishandled Green Groups' FOIA Request"
Aug 24, 2011: Clean Water Act Under Attack
August 24, 2011 – Environmental groups sponsor an ad urging members of Congress to stop their attack on our clean water.
Aug 05, 2011: The Oregonian: "Salmon habitat and water quality"
August 5, 2011 -- Every Oregonian has a stake in stream protection
Jul 26, 2011: The Oregonian: "Oregon Senator Ron Wyden under fire from environmental groups for bills on logging roads, industrial pollution"
Jul 07, 2011: E&E News: "Rhetoric softens, but disagreements persist over northern spotted owl"
July 7, 2011 -- Last week, the Fish and Wildlife Service released the final revised recovery plan for the threatened species. But if initial reaction to the plan is any indication, the owl wars that have raged in Pacific Northwest forests for more than 25 years are far from over.
Jun 30, 2011: Seattle Times: "New NW spotted owl plan out; rival bird targeted"
June 30, 2011 -- Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service unveiled a new recovery plan for the spotted owl. It is the latest in a long string of attempts to find a lasting balance between saving the bird from extinction and allowing logging on Northwest national forests.
Jun 29, 2011: The Oregonian: "Spotted owl recovery plan recommends preserving old forests"
June 29, 2011 -- A long-anticipated recovery plan for the northern spotted owl, due by Friday, recommends preserving the best of its favored old-forest habitat.
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