Herp related News and Legislation

• Tanks Vs Tortoises (Updated 12/08/2000)
• Bolsa Chica (New 12/08/2000)
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Stops Listing New Species (New 12/08/2000)
• Federal Evaluation of Private Ownership of Exotic Animals (New 11/09/2000)
• Red-legged Frog (Updated 11/09/2000)
• Local regulation of the sale of frogs and turtles for food
• Draft Recovery Plan for the Bog Turtle Now Available
• Designation of Critical Habitat for the Alameda Whipsnake
• Blunt-nosed Leopard Lizards
• Flat-Tailed Horned Lizard
• Interstate Movement of leopard, African spurred and Bell's hingeback tortoises
• Development in Western Riverside County
• Reclassification of Yacare Caiman

For further information about the above items

California bill information is available at <http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/bilinfo.html>.

United States bill information is available on THOMAS at <http://thomas.loc.gov/>.

The Federal Register is available through the GPO at <http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html>.