Katalusis friends, I am so grateful to Jamie Rapaport Clark at Defenders of Wildlife for keeping me posted regarding the efforts of the anti-wildlife forces in Congress to harm or destroy the nation's wildlife. I just got this message from Jamie:
Dear Virginia,
Can you believe it?
There
have been more than 90 legislative measures introduced this Congress to
undo decades of wildlife conservation progress and abandon the wildlife
we all love.
If
these measures pass, wolves will die. Other wildlife will lose
protection. And still others will find their habitat plundered and
destroyed.
Most
recently, anti-wildlife senators in Washington, D.C. have introduced a
series of amendments to the Energy Bill that would cripple wolf
conservation and set wildlife protection back by decades.
There are four amendments in particular that must be defeated:
The "open season on wolves" amendment
– would delist wolves in Wyoming and the Western Great Lakes. We’ve
seen what delisting looks like in Wyoming, where it was open season on
wolves every day of the year in 80% of the state before the courts put a
stop to it;
The "let’s give up on Mexican gray wolves" amendment
– would delist Mexican gray wolves if the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service determines that minimum survival goals under a deficient,
outdated plan from 1982 have been met;
The "leave bats in the dust" amendment
– would prevent the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from protecting the
highly imperiled northern long-eared bat as an endangered species under
the Endangered Species Act; and
The "forget your day in court" amendment
– blocks citizens from going to court to hold the government
accountable when it does not properly enforce the ESA. This amendment
would bar recovery of legal fees otherwise available under the law and
allow local governments to veto a federal court’s decision to enforce
the law with regard to certain species.
The anti-wildlife forces have their high paid lobbyists and lawyers. Wildlife have you and me as their voice – we're the premier organization speaking out on behalf of wildlife and wild places.
You
and I know that most Americans love their wildlife and want to see it
protected. It’s up to you and me to make sure the true voices of
Americans are heard on Capitol Hill.
Thank you for all you do.
For the wild,
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