1.   Already a federal judge in Wyoming is considering four lawsuits, backed largely by ranching groups, to reverse the wolf restoration program.

2.   Critics of the restoration program thus far argue that it has been flawed from the start by ineffective administration with litte or no public oversight.

3.   Even with the restoration program completed, Crawford said the Capitol may still hold something new for the Legislature when it returns in two years.

4.   House Republicans have badly shortchanged the Everglades restoration program.

5.   Selling logs to mills can help pay for thinning and separate stream restoration programs, he said.

6.   The administration is extending the watershed restoration program well outside the range of the spotted owl.

7.   The abalone restoration program is the first ever attempted to restore a marine invertebrate.

8.   There are a number of community-based shellfish restoration programs in the United States.

9.   Even though wolves now are on the ground, the restoration program remains under a legal challenge by the American Farm Bureau Federation and the Mountain States Legal Foundation.

10.   Kobe authorities are expected Friday to adopt a restoration program ahead of releasing an outline by the end of the month for a new quake-resistant city.