Fw: Speak Up for Endangered Species!

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Speak Up for Endangered Species!Save the Manatee Club

 

Speak Up for Endangered Species!

Help Ensure Strong Environmental Laws

for Manatees and Other Endangered Species

 

The Bush administration is holding a series of " listening sessions " across

the country as it promotes its " Cooperative Conservation " agenda. The

administration has already proposed a package of cooperative conservation

legislation (pdf) that would weaken the Endangered Species Act and the Clean

Water Act, and they may use input from these listening sessions to promote

these and other harmful changes to environmental laws. That's why it's vital

for you to respond with a strong conservation message.

 

 

What You Can Do:

 

1. Submit A Comment Letter

You can help by getting on the record as a supporter of a strong Endangered

Species Act and other environmental laws. Please below to

submit a quick and easy online letter by September 30th. The letter will go

to Beth Duff at the U.S. Department of the Interior and will let the Bush

administration know that voluntary conservation efforts complement, but

absolutely cannot replace, strong environmental laws. If you would like to

submit a personal letter or email, Ms. Duff's contact information is

featured below.

 

http://www.savethemanatee.org/actionalert.cfm?id=20

 

If you've been involved in a local cooperative effort to protect endangered

species, you can speak from personal experience about how environmental

protections brought people in your community together to conserve natural

resources. These stories will greatly increase the strength of your

comments.

 

2. Attend a Listening Session In Your Area

You can also click here to check for listening sessions in your area that

you may be able to attend in person. Listening sessions for Florida are

scheduled for September 15 in Virginia Key and on September 25, 2006 in

Orlando.

http://cooperativeconservation.gov/sessions/index.html

 

3. Please Forward This Action Alert To Friends and Relatives

 

 

Contact Information:

Beth Duff

U.S. Department of the Interior

1849 C Street NW, Mail Stop 5258

Washington, D.C. 20240

Email: Beth_Duff

Fax: 202-208-7574

 

Thanks for your help on this important issue for manatees!

 

Special thanks to our friends at the Center for Biological Diversity

for providing information on this topic.