1.   Another authority, Dr. John Glaister, fisheries adviser to Barrier Reef officials, said some declining species warrant protection.

2.   As interior secretary, Norton would have vast power to shape the way the species protection is carried out.

3.   A rewrite also should encourage species protection on land the government already owns.

4.   But it is also evident that public support for species protection may forestall those in Congress who want to eviscerate the Endangered Species Act.

5.   Critics argue this provisions could bog down species protection in court.

6.   Experts say that species protection cannot stand up to economic interests, as shown by what happened at Desolation Sound last spring.

7.   Farmers would be paid for government-subsidized water rights lost because of species protection.

8.   He said it was the first time the fisheries service has given endangered species protection to an oceanic invertebrate.

9.   Kempthorne wants family members to get a reduction in estate taxes when the owner dies if the owner sets aside land for species protection.

10.   No more pushing the costs of species protection off on the backs of property owners and local taxpayers.