[CPEO-MEF] Air Force Academy (CO) vs. mouse

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Academy intrudes on habitat of mouse

By PAM ZUBECK
COLORADO SPRINGS GAZETTE (CO)
March 2, 2007

The Air Force Academy is investigating the expansion of an RV parking 
lot onto habitat reserved for the threatened Preble's Meadow jumping mouse.

The academy violated an agreement with the Fish and Wildlife Service by 
failing to notify the agency before encroaching on habitat deemed 
critical for the survival of the mouse. The violation carries no fine.

The lot intruded on less than half an acre of the 3,500 acres on the 
academy reserved for the mouse, which is protected under the Endangered 
Species Act.

"We violated not only our rules but the Fish and Wildlife rules," 
academy spokesman Johnny Whitaker said. "I'm not going to downplay it, 
because it is a big deal. Environmental protection is a big deal for the 
Air Force, and it's a big deal here."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.gazette.com/onset?id=19738&template=article.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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