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Norm Saunders

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Norm Saunders

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Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:23:12 -0400

Kurt, I fully approve of this being posted to MDOsprey!

 

Norm

 

From: Kurt [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008 9:53 AM
To: Norm Saunders
Subject: Fw: Endangered Species Act Under Assault

 

Norm,

 

Would there be any objections to posting something about this on the Osprey?
I admit this may not be as clear cut as the Cape Hatteras/shorebirds one,
and hope I was not out of line posting that one.

 

Kurt Schwarz



 

 

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Dear Kurt,

This week Dirk Kempthorne, secretary of the Interior, announced devastating
changes to the Endangered Species Act, signaling the end of protection for
thousands of imperiled species. 

The Center for Biological Diversity is rallying an immense surge of
opposition to prevent these changes from taking effect. 

Tell
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pillage the Endangered Species Act.

Under the current regulations, federal agencies must consult with scientists
at the Fish and Wildlife Service or the National Marine Fisheries Service to
determine whether a project is likely to harm endangered species or habitat.

The new regulations would:

- Exempt thousands of federal activities from review under the Endangered
Species Act;
- Eliminate checks and balances of independent oversight; 
- Limit which effects can be considered harmful;
- Prevent consideration of a project's contribution to global warming;  
- Set an inadequate 60-day deadline for wildlife experts to evaluate a
project in the instances when they are invited to participate -- or else the
project gets an automatic green light;
- Enable large-scale projects to go unreviewed by dividing them into
hundreds of small projects.

In addition, last week Kempthorne and Bush tried to slip another proposed
rule change under the radar that would limit protection of a species only to
where it is currently found. 

Under the current rule a species has protection in its entire historical
range. However many endangered species have lost substantial portions of
that range. For example; under the proposed changes, prior to being
reintroduced, the California condor would only have been listed in zoos.   

And, because these regulations are administrative and not legislative, they
won't need the approval of Congress.

We must stop Kempthorne from fatally crippling our nation's most successful
wildlife law. 

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