75 wise people, and Helen, can't be wrong....

>Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1995 00:22:17 -0400
>Reply-To: AOU Legislative Alert System <AOUNET-L at UMDD.BITNET>
>Subject: ESA Today Issue #87

>(Edited by Irene Pepperberg)

>>ESA TODAY, Tues. July 25, 1995, from the Endangered Species Coalition,
>> for more information call (202)547-9009 or e-mail jjontz at audubon.org

>>WISE USE CONFERENCE REJECTS "REFORM": About 75 wise use activists
>>gathering in Reno NV this past weekend joined Rep. Helen Chenowith (R-
>>ID) in calling for Congress to "replace, not reform" the ESA. "The ESA
>>is locking up our land," Chenowith said. "Reform is not an acceptable
>>answer." Chenowith added that she and her supporters "have taken
>>compromise out of the dictionary." Plans were announced at the
>>gathering for a 45 day campaign to convince Republican leadership in the
>>Congress to reject current bills and endorse a measure based on
>>"voluntary, non-regulatory incentives."


And, 90 of our finest, and Bill, can't be wrong either, right?

>Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1995 00:21:33 -0400
>Reply-To: AOU Legislative Alert System <AOUNET-L%UMDD.BITNET at cmsa.Berkeley.EDU>
>Subject: ESA Today Issue #86

>(Edited by Irene Pepperberg)
>>ESA TODAY, Mon. July 24, 1995, from the Endangered Species Coalition,
>> for more information call (202)547-9009 or e-mail jjontz at audubon.org
>>
>>RESCISSION BILL PASSED: The President is expected to sign the long-
>>debated rescission bill into law today, after the Senate passed it
>>Friday by a 90-7 vote. Sen. Patty Murray, Sen. Paul Wellstone, and
>>others opposed to the "logging without laws" provisions suspending the
>>ESA and other environmental safeguards voted against the bill, but were
>>no longer able to block its consideration. The Native Forest Council
>>said in a statement that "the 104th Congress and the Clinton
>>Administration are helping the world's largest corporations plunder the
>>public domain of anything they want."

No cheers today,
Peter

(Sorry for the cross-postings, but I just can't risk by omission letting
this stuff pass quietly.)