<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><table class="regionParent" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" border="0" style="width: 1000px; border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto; "><tbody><tr><td style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><table class="regionParent" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="width: 1000px; border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; 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"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" width="100%" style="position: static; z-index: auto; "><tbody><tr><td class="articleBox" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; width: 627px; "><h1 id="articleTitle" class="articleTitle" style="font: normal normal bold 22px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#043a5e"><a href="http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_19875580">http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_19875580</a> </font></h1><h1 id="articleTitle" class="articleTitle" style="font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(4, 58, 94); font-weight: bold; font: normal normal bold 22px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Conservation groups file intent to sue national fisheries</h1><div id="articleByline" class="articleByline" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-weight: bold; ">The Times-Standard</div><div id="articleDate" class="articleDate" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(132, 128, 128); ">Posted: 02/02/2012 01:59:11 AM PST</div><br><span fd-type="start" fd-id="default" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "></span><div class="articlePositionHeader" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "></div><span fd-type="end" fd-id="default" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; 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padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">In response to a Jan. 28, 2011, petition from the groups, the Fisheries Service determined in April 2011 that the salmon may warrant protection and began a status review that was supposed to be completed within one year of the petition, according to a joint press release from the groups. The groups allege the Fisheries Service failed to complete the review within the one-year time frame.</p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The Center for Biological Diversity, Oregon Wild, Environmental Protection Information Center and The Larch Company filed the notice of intent.</p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></span><div><br></div></body></html>