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October 19 1993 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 



NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION 



NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE 



® Pacific Riven. Council 1993 



PETITION TO THE NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE 

 FOR A RULE TO LIST. FOR DESIGNATION OF CRITICAL HABITAT. AND FOR A STATUS 



REVIEW OF COHO SALMON (Oncoriiynchus kisutgh) THROUGHOUT ITS RANGE IN 

 WASHINGTON. OREGON. IDAHO. AND CALIFORNIA UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES 



ACT 



Pacific Rivers Council, Inc. 



Western Division, American Fisheries Society (AFS) 



The Wilderness Society 



Sierra Club 



National Audubon Society 



Leo Cronin. The California Council 



for Trout Unlimited 

 National Wildlife Federation 

 Siskiyou Regional Education Projca 

 Tcnmllc Cteek Association 

 Oregon Natural Resources Council 

 Western Ancient Forest Campaign 

 Nonhcoast Environmental Center 

 Coast Range Association 

 Siskiyou Audubon Society 

 PUchuck Audubon Society 

 Ml Shasta Area Audubon Society 

 Friends of the River 

 Coast Action Group 

 Marble Mountain Audubon 

 Klamath Forest Alliance 

 Friends of the Garcia River 

 Mendocino Environmental Center 

 Friends of the Navarro Watershed 



PETITION FOR A RULE TO LIST. 

 FOR DESIGNATION OF CRITICAL 

 HABITAT. AND FOR A STATUS 

 REVIEW OF COHO SALMON 

 THROUGHOUT ITS RANGE UNDER 

 THE ENDANGERED SPEaES ACT 



The Pacific Rivers Council, Inc., Western Division of the American Fisheries Society (AFS). The 

 Wilderness Society, Sierra Qub, National Audubon Society, Leo Cronin of The California Council for 

 Trout Unlimiicd, National Wildlife Federation, Siskiyou Regional Education Project, Tenmilc Creek 

 Association, Oregon Natural Resources Council, Western Ancient Forest Campaign, Nonhcoast 

 Environmental Center, Coa.st Range Association, Siskiyou Audubon Society. Pilchuck Audubon 

 Society, Ml. Shasta Area Audubon Society, Friends of the River, Coast Action Group, Marble 

 Mountain Audubon, Klamath Forest Alliance, Friends of the Garcia River, Mendocino Environmental 

 Center, and Friends of the Navarro Waten>hed hereby petition for listing as threatened or endangered, 

 for designation of critical habitat, and for a status review of coho salmon throughout its range under 

 Oe Endangered Species Act. 16 U.S.C §§ 1531 et. seq. This petition is filed under SO CFJl. § 

 424.14. 



Above petitioners are environmental conseivation and spoil fishery organizations with thousands of 

 memben througjunit tlie Pacific NortiiwesL The conseivaticm, ecological, aesthetic and recreational 

 interests of petitioner oisanizations' memben will be adversely affected if tiie requested petition is not 

 granted. 



