1.   At one point, Young shook his fist at hearing witness David Unger, associate chief of the U.S. Forest Service, over habitat protection for the goshawk.

2.   Battle said that when Stewart was the head of the Natural Resources Department, he was a strong supporter of habitat protection throughout the state.

3.   -- Whether people or companies who oppose federal habitat protections can sue the government for violating pro-business provisions of an endangered species law.

4.   A California federal appeals court said the law only permits private lawsuits aimed at toughening, rather than easing, government habitat protections.

5.   But a quarter-century of habitat protection, prosecution of traffickers, and a ban on DDT has had a marked effect on the bald eagle population.

6.   Canadian environmental groups criticized earlier approaches that left most habitat protection to the provinces.

7.   Despite recent habitat protections, wildlife experts assess continuing human pressures as intense.

8.   It also allows officials to suspend habitat protections that ordinarily apply to endangered species, thereby giving them greater flexibility in dealing with land-use conflicts.

9.   It provides nothing for the Corps, nothing for habitat protection in the Everglades and Florida Bay, and nothing for scientific studies to guide the project.

10.   Kendall cited a District of Columbia Circuit Court judge who changed a previous decision on habitat protection after attending a corporate-sponsored seminar.