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A construction project on Highway 101 in Marin and Sonoma Counties is taking a toll on nesting cliff swallows . Environmental groups are suing Caltrans to remove a net that’s trapping and killing some of the birds.
Carter Dillard, the director of litigation jared jewelry for the Cotati-based Animal Legal Defense Fund said the net, which has been up since late March, violates federal law, and the suit demands that Caltrans jared jewelry remove it.
“The law was passed to protect wildlife that are an integral part of our ecosystem,” said Dillard. “There’s no excuse for killing these animals, and they’re dying in horrific ways. The agency should simply take down the netting.”
So far the netting has claimed more than 100 swallows, according to Dillard. His group filed the lawsuit in federal court on Friday on behalf of five conservation organizations. The Migratory Bird Treaty Act prohibits killing migrating birds.
About the Author ( Author Profile jared jewelry ) Molly Samuel joined KQED as an intern in 2007, and since then has worked here as a reporter, producer, director and blogger. Before becoming KQED Science s Multimedia Producer, she was a producer for Climate jared jewelry Watch. Molly has also reported for NPR, KALW and High Country News, and has produced audio stories for The Encyclopedia of Life and the Oakland Museum of California. She was a fellow with the Middlebury Fellowships in Environmental Journalism and a journalist-in-residence at the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center. Molly has a degree in Ancient Greek from Oberlin College and is a co-founder of the record label True Panther Sounds.
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Molly Samuel , KQED Science | May 21, 2013 | 0 Comments
A construction project on Highway 101 in Marin and Sonoma Counties is taking a toll on nesting cliff swallows . Environmental groups are suing Caltrans to remove a net that’s trapping and killing some of the birds.
Carter Dillard, the director of litigation jared jewelry for the Cotati-based Animal Legal Defense Fund said the net, which has been up since late March, violates federal law, and the suit demands that Caltrans jared jewelry remove it.
“The law was passed to protect wildlife that are an integral part of our ecosystem,” said Dillard. “There’s no excuse for killing these animals, and they’re dying in horrific ways. The agency should simply take down the netting.”
So far the netting has claimed more than 100 swallows, according to Dillard. His group filed the lawsuit in federal court on Friday on behalf of five conservation organizations. The Migratory Bird Treaty Act prohibits killing migrating birds.
About the Author ( Author Profile jared jewelry ) Molly Samuel joined KQED as an intern in 2007, and since then has worked here as a reporter, producer, director and blogger. Before becoming KQED Science s Multimedia Producer, she was a producer for Climate jared jewelry Watch. Molly has also reported for NPR, KALW and High Country News, and has produced audio stories for The Encyclopedia of Life and the Oakland Museum of California. She was a fellow with the Middlebury Fellowships in Environmental Journalism and a journalist-in-residence at the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center. Molly has a degree in Ancient Greek from Oberlin College and is a co-founder of the record label True Panther Sounds.
KQED Science brings you award-winning science and environment coverage jared jewelry from the Bay Area and beyond, by the flagship Northern California PBS and NPR affiliate. More >> Support of KQED Science is provided by the The Follis Family Fund; S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation; Mary Van Voorhees Fund; The David B. Gold Foundation; The Dirk and Charlene Kabcenell Foundation; The Vadasz Family Foundation; Wyncote Foundation; jared jewelry Amgen Foundation; The George G. and Jeanette A. Stuart Charitable Trust; jared jewelry and the members of KQED.
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