Hi All,
I am sure many of you have seen this already, but for those that have not, it is a link from the Cornell Lab (via the VT birding listserv) about the Gunnison's Sage Grouse and the trouble it is in. It would be a crime if we allow this magnificent species to disappear from this good Earth.
Frank Boyle
Rohrersville, MD
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> From: Frank Boyle <ravenfrank...>
> Date: March 9, 2013, 11:20:18 AM EST
> To: <ravenfrank...>
> Subject: FW: [VTBIRD] gunnison sage grouse
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> Frank Boyle
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> "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night."
> -E.A. Poe
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> From: Scott Sainsbury <scott...>
> Reply-To: Vermont Birds <VTBIRD...>
> Date: Friday, March 8, 2013 3:45 PM
> To: <VTBIRD...>
> Subject: [VTBIRD] gunnison sage grouse
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> Hi everyone,
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> I saw this op-ed piece in the NYTimes -- authored by John Fitzpatrick, Director of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
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> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/07/opinion/the-plight-of-the-gunnison-sage-grouse.html?ref=opinion&utm_source=Cornell+Lab+eNews&utm_campaign=fb7e4c32a2-Cornell_Lab_eNews_2013_3_07&utm_medium=email&_r=0
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> It calls for the Federal Listing of the Gunnison Sage Grouse as an Endangered Species. And explains why this action is critical and urgent for the survival of this species.
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> I found more information in the Lab's "Round Robin" blog.
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> http://www.birds.cornell.edu/roundrobin/2013/03/06/weighing-the-fate-of-the-gunnison-sage-grouse/
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> In that article, there is a link "call for public comments" that will take you to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife notice call for comments on the topic
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> F&W provides a link in the 4th paragraph from the bottom. It reads, http://www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/species/birds/gunnisonsagegrouse.
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> If you use that, it will take you to a history and status page on the issue.
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> Under the section titled "Recent Actions", you will see
> Federal Register Notice: January 11, 2013 Endangered Status for Gunnison Sage-grouse
> Federal Register Notice: January 11, 2013 Designation of Critical Habitat for Gunnison Sage-grouse
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> Click on one of those, and you will get to a copy of the Federal Register from Feb 8, that describes the docket and tells you how to make a comment. Under "addresses", it says:
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> (1)
> Electronically:
> Go to the Federal
> eRulemaking Portal:
> http://
> www.regulations.gov.
> In the Keyword
> box, enter Docket No. FWS�R6�ES�
> 2012�0108, which is the docket number
> for this rulemaking. Then, in the Search
> panel on the left side of the screen,
> under the Document Type heading,
> check on the Proposed Rules link to
> locate this document. You may submit
> a comment by clicking on ��Comment
> Now!��
> (2)
> By hard copy:
> Submit by U.S. mail
> or hand-delivery to: Public Comments
> Processing, Attn: FWS�R6�ES�2012�
> 0108; Division of Policy and Directives
> Management; U.S. Fish and Wildlife
> Service; 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, MS
> 2042�PDM; Arlington, VA 22203.
> We request that you send comments
> only by the methods described above.
> We will post all comments on
> http://
> www.regulations.gov.
> This generally
> means that we will post any personal
> information you provide us (see the
> Information Requested section below for
> more information).
>
> And finally, if you do go to the the indicated website (www.regulations.gov), and enter the docket number (FWS�R6�ES�2012�0108), you will be able to make a comment. (YAY!)
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> Maybe there's an easier way. (I hope so). But, now that I've slugged through it, I would think that you should be able to go directly there, using the last steps in the sentence above.
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> Please do. It's an opportunity to help save a species!!!!
>
> Thanks,
> Scott Sainsbury
> Moretown
>
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