fbentler1 wrote:
>
> Environmental Groups Applaud Efforts to Secure Strong Endangered
> Species Act
>
> WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -. In an attempt to thwart efforts
> by Congressman Pombo to weaken the Endangered Species Act,
> Congressmen Miller (D-CA), Boehlert (R-NY), Dingell (D-MI),
> Gilchrest (R-MD), Dicks (D-WA), Saxton (R-NJ), Tauscher (D-CA), and
> Kirk (R-IL) have introduced a bi-partisan amendment that would
> eliminate Rep. Pombo's damaging provisions and preserve the intent
> of the act to recover threatened and endangered plants and animals.
>
> The amendment is supported by a wide array of conservation
> organizations, including the Izaak Walton League of America, Trout
> Unlimited, the American Bird Conservancy, The Nature Conservancy,
> The Ocean Conservancy, and The Wilderness Society, in addition to
> Defenders of Wildlife, Environmental Defense, and the World Wildlife
> Fund.
>
> http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?
> ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-28-2005/0004134373&EDATE=
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Mike Patterson
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