Tejon Ranch Insists their Housing Tracts won't be bad for condors; scientists disagree
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http://mountainenterprise.com/atf.php?sid=4430¤t_edition=2009-02-20
7 Condors Fell
2/20/2009--“
USFWS Condor Recovery Program Coordinator Jesse Grantham said in an interview, Tuesday, Feb. 18:
“We had GPS units on 13 condors at that time and 11 had been on Tejon Ranch in April and May. We had quite a few birds using Tejon Ranch in April, and that is when we started trapping the birds and found elevated lead levels. We didn’t see any [location] hits for any area other than Bitter Creek refuge which is clean of any lead. We notified Tejon and said we have a spike in bird use of their area and that some had fallen ill. They responded by shutting down the hunting program. We had only 11 birds wearing GPS units on Tejon. We have 20 birds that don’t have GPS units, and you don’t know where they are, but where you find some of these birds, you’ll find more. They are very social.”
…(Tejon Ranch’s spokesman Barry) Zoeller said: “Tejon Ranch is not a principal foraging area for the condor. According to USFWS GPS data covering an eight-year period, from 2000 to 2008, less than 1% of all condor GPS “hits” occurred within the area of
Snyder says that the highest elevations above the site proposed for
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Feds Give public more time to comment on Tejon Ranch wildlife-killing plan
2/3/2009--The documents—a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) under the National Environmental Policy Act and a draft Tehachapi Uplands Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plan (MSHCP)—are available for public review and comment until May 5, 2009. The previous public comment period had extended until April 22, 2009. The draft EIS and draft MSHCP were initially made available for public review and comment on January 23, 2009.
The Draft EIS and associated documents, including Tejon Ranch Company’s Tehachapi Uplands MSHCP, can be viewed and downloaded at the
http://www.fws.gov/ventura/endangered/hconservation/hcp/hcfiles/TehachapiUpland/index.html
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http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-greenspace30-2009jan30,0,2363931.story?track=rss
1/29/2009--The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released a long-awaited environmental impact statement last week that gives high marks to the Tejon Ranch Co.'s controversial habitat conservation plan for building a master-planned resort complex in federally designated critical habitat for the endangered California condor.
http://www.mountainenterprise.com/atf.php?sid=4317
1/30/2009—USFWS staffer Lois Grunwald said repeatedly that the USFWS draft “does not make conclusions.”
“The Fish and Wildlife Service will be evaluating the impact to critical habitat after the USFWS has reviewed public comments (after the public comment period has closed April 22) and prior to the FWS decision on whether to issue an incidental take permit to Tejon Ranch Company.”
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http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2009/tejon-ranch-02-18-2009.html
2/18/2009--Tejon Ranch Development Permit Request Tainted by Poor Environmental
Review, Should Be Withdrawn to Avoid Harm to Condors
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http://ecobarons.wordpress.com/excerpt/excerpt:
On paper, this scruffy outfit with the tree frog logo and the borrowed
On paper, this scruffy outfit with the tree frog logo and the borrowed
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http://www.bakersfield.com/opinion/columnists/steve_merlo/story/690241.html
angry hunter upset over lead bullet ban in TejonRanch
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34 mil sf proposed at tejon ranch
http://angeles.sierraclub.org/pressroom/2006releases/cbd.htm
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-topa11-2009jan11,0,3334123.story
1/11/2009--He was found dazed in a mountain bush in 1967, hanging upside down with an injured wing and smelling like rotten fish -- a rare male California condor, a fledgling member of a nearly extinct species…
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