Brian/Fumio,

Great info, thanks for staying right on this thing. It is not a surprise that the Center for Biological Diversity is going to sue again. They have filed over 500 lawsuits since their founding. Their primary method is the one being used here which is to sue government agencies under the endangered species act.

Their strategy, as we are seeing here, is to sue repeatedly to badger the government organization until they get what they want. This is all spelled out in the book I keep mentioning, .

Brian is on the right track now in that we need to start thinking about ways to fight back and temper the rigid environmental views of the CBD. I'm thinking about the proper strategy and it will require some research. Potential avenues could include.

- Begin a letter writing campaign directed at the CBD to try and convince them to back off on these fisheries issues.

- Contact the lawyers who are aiding the CBD on a pro bono basis and try to convince them that what they are doing is wrong.

- Set up an RSS feed or similar on the site here so we can stay on top of what the CBD is doing and act preemptively.

- Sue the DFG because the guidelines in the hatchery bill AB7 to use 1/3 of license revenue for stocking, and to stock a certain amount of trout are not being met.

- Sue the CBD under some form of frivolous lawsuit law.

- If DFG has to revise the EIR, sue (just like the CBD is going to) because we feel the EIR is flawed.

- Join with other groups who are being badgered by the CBD and attempt a national campaign to modify environmental law.


Anyone know any lawyers? I know a few. It may be time for me to set up a non-profit as well. With people like the people I've met and talked to in the past 3 weeks about this stuff we could do a lot.