Dear MDOspreyer

I need your help to prevent Bush from fatally crippling our nation's most 
successful wildlife law.

 Early 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 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.

Send a message to Kempthorne and members of Congress that these changes are 
unacceptable.

Please visit:

http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2167/t/5243/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=25351

Kurt Schwarz
Conservation Chair
Howard County Bird Club
goawaybird at comcast dot net