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Visalia Times-Delta Thursday, August 30, 2007 5C Feral pig deaths help Santa Cruz Island foxes Settlement reached in Stockton port suit River dredging and harbor expansion will be allowed which owns a quarter of the 96-square-mile island, and the onservancy expect to spend $3 million over die next three years to study and improve conditions for native plants. "We're trying to look ahead to anticipate what the problems might be for plants and animals that are unique to the island," Faulkner said. Removing the pigs, and tens of thousands of sheep before them, "will do a lot to move the ecosystem forward. With die last confirmed pig death, which occurred on July 5, 2006, the rebounding of native plants, such as oak trees, could begin, biologists said. for the past year.

A total of 5,036 feral pigs were killed. They were blamed for jeopardizing the endangered island fox and pushing nine rare plants closer to extinctioa Moving forward "Santa Cruz Island had 150 years of nonnative animals and plants, so it's not something we can solve overnight, but at this point things are looking very favorable," said Kate Faulkner, the Park Service's chief of natural resources management This allows us to move our resources to look at other plants and animals on the island." Faulkner said her agency, Scientists laud efforts to improve local environment Los Angeles Times Efforts to restore the ecosystem on California's Santa Cruz Island to its native state reached a milestone this week as scientists said a two-year program to eliminate feral pigs had been completed successfully. The National Park Service and the Nature Conservancy, which owns about 75 percent of the island 18 miles off the Ventura County coast, have monitored the results of the $5 million pig eradication effort harm to those living near the port and to the river and its threatened fish species. A US. District Court judge ruled in the groups' favor in September, and ordered the port to stop dredging until further environmental review.

Wednesday's agreement settles that case and a previous suit filed against the port in July 2004, and represents a win for both the river's fragile ecology and industry, port officials and environmentalists said. "We are very pleased that all parties were able to reach mutual consensus," said Port Director Richard Aschieris. As part of the settlement, the port agreed to reduce the environmental impact of its opera tions and dredging; monitor levels of dissolved oxygen in nearby waters; increase the number of clean trucks servicing the deep water seaport and offer incentives for large vessels to use cleaner fuels. The port will set aside $5 million to implement air quality controls, and will be held responsible for protecting and improving the quality of local waters once it resumes limited dredging, an NRDC spokesman said. The port seeks to redevelop the Rough and Ready Island near Stockton by upgrading seven wharves, developing an intermodal rail yard and dredging to improve access for large vessels.

The Associated Press STOCKTON Environmental and community groups announced Wednesday they dropped two suits against the Port of Stockton, allowing dredging and expansion at the port to move forward. The Natural Resources Defense Council and Baykeeper sued the US. Army Corps of Engineers and the Port of Stockton in August 2006 to stop me dredging of the San Joaquin River, claiming the Corps had failed to examine the potential Jet held overnight after dispute Alaska, said Dave Stephens, the company's chief executive officer. They did nothing wrong," Stephens said Wednesday. A company press release called it "an unfortunate situatioa" them to stay overnight The six Iraqi passengers had been training Marines at Camp Pendleton and worked for Defense Training Systems, a unit of International Logistics Services Corp.

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