[BCNnet] The Final Fight for the Gray Wolf - take action to protect endangered species

[Birdchris at aol.com]

Hi, everyone,
 
The budget bill which will be voted on this week in Congress contains a  
rider that would delist the Gray Wolf, which is - and should stay - on the  
Endangered Species list. 
 
Delisting a single endangered species by Congressional action, rather than  
based on scientific data through the appropriate process regulated by the 
U.S.  Fish & Wildlife Service, creates a dangerous precedent for all species, 
 including birds.
 
If the hunting and ranching lobbies can exert enough influence to  convince 
Congress to delist the Gray Wolf, it will not be long before the timber  
lobby and other special interest groups get start working on Congressmen to  
convince them to delist the Spotted Owl, the Ancient Murrelet, the 
Red-cockaded  Woodpecker, Whooping Cranes and other threatened and endangered species. 
 
Birders need to become a stronger special interest group, speaking loudly  
and persuasively on behalf of birds.
 
Please use this easy form to contact your legislators tomorrow. Time is  
running out.
 
Thanks for taking action on behalf of threatened and endangered  wildlife.
 
Christine Williamson
_birdchris at aol.com_ (mailto:birdchris at aol.com) 
Chicago/Cook  
 
  
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Sent:  4/12/2011 5:22:57 P.M. Central Daylight Time
Subj: The Final Fight for the  Gray Wolf



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Dear Sierran,    _Tell  your Representatives to stop the attacks on the 
Gray Wolf  and the Endangered Species Act._ 
(http://action.sierraclub.org/site/R?i=ZOLLM9-HMGcdtFqnBBgnzw..)  

 (http://action.sierraclub.org/site/R?i=ukltlVgPLguaG27IL9IStQ..) 

 (http://action.sierraclub.org/site/R?i=kRLg2yBWeDVPxLuSwQ3Yfg..) 

This is the last stand in our efforts to protect the gray  wolf and 
preserve the Endangered Species Act. The  Endangered Species Act has been the 
cornerstone of wildlife  management for half a century. We cannot allow it to be 
undermined  for political purposes. _Tell  your elected officials to stop 
the attacks on the gray wolf and  the Endangered Species Act._ 
(http://action.sierraclub.org/site/R?i=jf2q-aAtLmEIWWC1gGJgHg..)  
Over 60,000 of you have taken action to protect the Gray Wolf  and the 
Endangered Species Act from continued attacks from  Congress. We've logged over 
2,000 phone calls to Congressional  offices and sent tens of thousands of 
email messages.  Every time the wolf has been threatened, you've come  
through. We've beaten back amendments to wilderness bills and  repeatedly kept wolf 
delisting language out of funding bills. The  Endangered Species Act is 
intact today because of you.  

We have one last battle to fight. Over the  weekend, a bipartisan deal was 
reached to delist the wolf as part  of the budget package. The budget will 
be voted on this week. _Will  you take action to protect the gray wolf? Write 
your  representatives and tell them to remove the language that delists  
the gray wolf from the budget._ 
(http://action.sierraclub.org/site/R?i=vtUeQU-_2QfG9zPcb0HW7g..)   
Congress has never before removed an animal from the Endangered  Species 
List. Creating a path by which political interests can  trump science based 
wildlife management decisions is a body blow  to wildlife protection in 
America. _We  can't allow this to happen. Click here to write your  
Representatives and tell them to remove the wolf delisting  language._ 
(http://action.sierraclub.org/site/R?i=W8CSz7mqZWP1VOQgzyzbQQ..)   
We've come this far. Let's finish the fight. 

Thanks for  all that you do to protect the environment.  
Sincerely, 
Sarah Hodgdon
Sierra Club Conservation Director

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