Salamander protections rejected

[Kadie]

Salamander protections rejected

By Don Thompson
The Associated Press
Published Saturday, October 23, 2004

SACRAMENTO -- A split state wildlife commission rejected extra protections for the California tiger salamander for the second time Friday.

Developers had warned that additional restrictions could hurt efforts to keep up with the state's rapid population growth in the Central Valley, Central Coast and San Francisco Bay Area. The salamander lives in some parts of San Joaquin County.

The majority of commissioners agreed with opponents who said there is no evidence the black-and-yellow amphibian is likely to become extinct in the foreseeable future.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, acting under court order, listed the salamander as a threatened species in July despite the Bush administration's contention that including the species under the federal Endangered Species Act was based on inadequate science.

The state Department of Fish and Game recommended, for the second time, that California consider listing the species as well. But the Fish and Game Commission, meeting in Concord, voted 3-2 against a candidacy period that could have put the species on the state list in about a year.

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[nosmokes]

1. hopefully the governator is an endangered species.

surely the kahleeforneecators have come to their senses after a few months of his girly man BS?

when is he up for re-election, anyway? '06?

[MisterP]

2. Gov. Nipples is up in 2006, but we can serve a recall if the time's right