Subject: Fw: [birdwire] Please Help Us Save the Endangered Species Act
Date: Mar 8 08:48:14 2003
From: C.B. - bolen_carolyn at hotmail.com



Hey everybody,
I know this is off subject but it does affect birds greatly.
Every once and a while I see these reports and I would like to circulate them as much as possible without being accused of email abuse. If anyone does have a problem with me sending these, even when they are related directly to birds, let me know and I will discontinue. It isn't very often that I send one.
Thanks!
Dan Williams
bolen_carolyn at hotmail.com
dewdrop129 at hotmail.com
Ocean Park, WA

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From: American Bird Conservancy
To: birdwire at lists.abcbirds.org
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 9:32 AM
Subject: [birdwire] Please Help Us Save the Endangered Species Act


ACT NOW TO PROTECT AMERICA'S MOST IMPERILED SPECIES. A SIMPLE MOUSE CLICK CAN SAVE ENDANGERED BIRDS, BUTTERFLIES, MAMMALS AND OTHER WILDLIFE. WWW.SAVEOURBIRDS.ORG

We urgently need your help to stop a new government proposal that would begin the erosion of the Endangered Species Act, the bedrock of endangered species conservation in the U.S. since 1973. Birds such as Bald Eagles, Peregrine Falcons, and Piping Plovers are protected by this act, which is now under attack.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is the federal agency that registers toxic pesticides. These hazardous chemicals can kill birds and other wildlife To ensure that a pesticide will not impact endangered species and to help safeguard these rarest of animals, the EPA must currently consult with expert biologists from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or National Marine Fisheries Service.

Now EPA wants to change the law so that they can exempt themselves from this procedure. They want to remove some of the checks and balances crucial to a fair and unbiased government. They formulated this proposal after lengthy consultations with representatives from the pesticide industry, but with no input from the conservation community.

Now you can change that. Visit www.saveourbirds.org and click to send an automatic email to the EPA, Fish and Wildlife Service, and other key regulators expressing your opposition to this and any other proposal that will weaken the Endangered Species Act.

THE DEADLINE FOR YOUR COMMENTS IS MONDAY, MARCH 10. PLEASE ACT NOW TO KEEP THE "PROTECTION" IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY


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