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<br />_ ""..., .1.1' "'oJ <br /> <br />..t.....v.. <br /> <br />~1""""."""'joJoJ <br /> <br />0024i"(' _'U ". <br /> <br />""-'" v _, ""_ <br /> <br />. u_ ... <br /> <br />; Interior Secretary Is pushing <br />To Avert Fights Over Species <br /> <br />ConlJrwed From page ^I <br /> <br />tary Idlled.tlClIsy;tem ",udl""8TO <br />spill between sevcrlllnleTiOr De. <br />pan""",c qe/li:leJl. <br />Mr, aabblll ..Id he i. """.idl!r. <br />LPg the e~lllblishll1ent of a Nt\t1on- <br />al Illal<>glCllI surv.~ to mol' .pe- <br />des and E'l;C$.YSt.e ms wi'Lh the <br />ilime. sclentJtic acwrb.lO:Y ps the <br />\I"I~ SLa,e' Geolo~iClll SlINey <br />cb&rls tIla country'. ~eolusy. <br />1n an)' !eagl, ne $aki In cJ1c interview, <br />"~ne &&r- wo'ra Baing 10 nee(! <br />10 .....n.11 tile "...rep<' al tho Endln. <br />acred ~I" Act" iuIll dllumin. "II <br />WI 'e8/I1 nod .omc way 10 laol< al <br />~I!II 011 . mulll5pocles basis <br />end .aok hoW II .. '/H! CII\ ta)e rea5QO' <br />abll! JteP5" to 'fdel,l with die 6OOnomi~ <br />lfQdeorfs" ~tore a CTlf;1S.~ruPt&. <br />Powerful pruenratlon Tool <br />1'0 Iro'oid contention andlDWl!l>l.Iin re- <br />,ultlng (rom "ropoolcd elcy"'lh-hour <br />Usling!l" of ,pecie' a"""datllered, Mr, <br />Babb'U lold tne Huu" panel ye.lerdAY, <br />~"we'~.2DtnK to have to manage U\t! <br />End.nsored sped.. "do pro..Oliyely, <br />t1y lInLicipAllrlg the problem ""hlle we <br />"ill hlY.lhe !leKiblU'y to ",o"".e !he <br />problem." <br />II' pld in th. inlervievl thol M be- <br />lieved mi. approaoh ....,.ld une..er "0 <br />10101 \IllOXplored VOS.tbUllles" lor eOn' <br />lervin& 5pecieI ymue Ivoiditl!. I'eco- <br />nomic cilf1illOllS," If ao, he .CId,d, II <br />mighl be JlCSliblo to owJ"l whOI ~o <br />coIled 0 senes 01 "I\lltlonol cratn <br />WTOW,'''lilto the confliel belwe<n IOQ- <br />gens aDd en"lrol1montolisU;. over preS'" <br />ery(l:tlon of the sPO'Lted owl in th(' Pa. <br />. cine NorlhweSL <br /> <br />Many com;:ervauoniSU consider the <br />Endonautd Spade. Act, whtch \. up <br />10T re~uthC)ri:z:Ii\ion this. year, to be \.he <br />nadon'" I&lnBle moat powetful \Do' far <br />prdervln8 epeeio.. Bul many oliO ..y <br />lha. desplle .he oel, """'Y.1em. have <br />continued tn decline and species are <br />!SL111 beoomlns ~~dZlngercd, <br /> <br />Opponen'" or tn. act cha~e lIlat too <br />often economic interests and properlY <br />r1ghtlil ate threatened wtten protection <br />lY\ea'un~fi arc token on behalt of an <br />e:nd.a.n;erect r;pecle.s on '" crash ba~is. <br />!\Ithou;.h th~ act is up for rea\Jthorl- <br />zaliOll, COnS...... con .imply exl&1d it, <br />as It ~.s doDO Wllh numorollS law/;. Mr. <br />Blbblll &lId theto '" "a dtvblon of <br />OI'lnlon" "" 10 wl1eU1er \hi! rt:a\llhOl'i2ll' <br />tlOll should be Utldercakcn I/li. year of <br />ne~t. lie said hap", a "lot of ID8nl"l/l <br />. proposal by tile Npture OIn5l!rvanCY <br />thal B natiOnAl commiSG1M, sponsored <br />by prlva.\Q foundolions. should examine <br />lh~ qu~Stlon end recornrneJ"ld what 10 <br />do oboUl tnc I1\w bY tne end of tnls yo... <br /> <br />111C MuS" ^~m~n~S'LliIl~On, ~ Its cios~ <br />ing weeks" M!:ltled a lawSiuil with envi- <br />ronmenLaHst!. by p,gtCell"l& to add cOO <br />mOre f.pc.cies. ma.lnl)' plan'Ls, 10 It5 pro- <br />tecte(ll1Sl In the nex.l four ye.a.rL This. <br />.coupled wHh \he example of the &pou~l;I <br />owl (ontrover~Y and the celia'" ~- <br />quiremen\ to dec.lare still o'Lher spec.les <br />el'ldllngercd. hQ& imparted urgency to <br />tho ffilSOllmnel\' 01 conservAllon pali. <br />cy. <br /> <br />"My most ul"I\cnl talk In my lir.. <br />mDnth :l.round here baS been to try to <br />.,..., hoW we're going 10 handle Ihe <br />Beneric issue of biOdiversity," Mr. Bab- <br />bitt saId ifl \t1e interview, "becaLlSe <br />w~'re rIO' ~olpped tli do It-... <br />