CHRONOLOGY OF SUCCESS - 2003
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December 2003 - Won state court rulings reversing two major housing development
projects that would degrade sensitive wetlands and wildlife habitat near Teton River.
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November 2003 - Settlement requires Forest Service to conduct environmental reviews
and improve stream protection on dozens of grazing allotments in Humboldt-Toiyabe National
Forest in Nevada.
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October 2003 - First-ever ESA injunction barring irrigation diversion in Upper Salmon
to protect bull trout.
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August 2003 - Notice letter to Bureau of Reclamation over Upper Snake reservoirs and
impacts on salmon promote talks brokered by Sen. Mike Crapo.
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July 2003 - Settlement agreement prohibits federal agencies from aerially spraying
poisons across southern Idaho to “control” Mormon crickets; USDA will use bait instead.
Federal court litigation prevents new cyanide mill next to Frank Church Wilderness.
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June 2003 - Idaho PUC approves “net metering" program allowing PacifiCorp customers
to install small-scale solar and wind energy systems.
Executive Director Laird Lucas honored as “Environmental Hero” by The Wilderness Society.
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May 2003 - Grazing permit for northern Nevada held invalid for failure to conduct
environmental review.
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April 2003 - Won injunction against wolf killing in Sawtooth National Recreation Area.
Second injunction closes BLM allotments to protect bull trout and rare plants in southern
Idaho.
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March 2003 - Injunction halts federal/state project to kill foxes, coyotes, badgers
and other alleged “sage grouse predators” across southern Idaho.
Consent decree with Idaho Power under Clean Water Act over illegal fill below Bliss dam
requires $86,000 to establish a new wetland to restore water quality in mid-Snake River.
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January 2003 - Advocates for the West begins operations.
Executive Director Laird Lucas named “Idaho Environmental Leader Of The Year” by
United Vision for Idaho.
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