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<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Again, forwarded from Kaitlin Lovell
of TU in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Portland</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">OR</st1:State></st1:place>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Byron<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>NOAA DID announce the final critical habitat rule
today. The notices,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>background information, maps, etc., is at following website:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><u><font size=3 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>http://www.nwr.noaa.gov/1salmon/salmesa/crithab/CHsite.htm<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>As expected, it's similar to the proposal in unoccupied
habitat and<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>terrestrial habitat is left unprotected, while
economics, national<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>security (military lands) and tribal lands are
excluded - to the tune of<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>about 2000 miles. The awful other exclusions are
not in this rule with<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>the exception of 3 HCPs. But they make it very
clear they are still<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>considering those exclusions.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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