Fw: Tell the Coastal Commission to save whales from sonar

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Please sign the petition to help save the whales.

Nancie

 

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NRDC Action Fund - Frances Beinecke

10/8/2008 10:07:14 AM

nancie barnett

Tell the Coastal Commission to save whales from sonar

 

Dear nancie,

 

We need your immediate help to turn back the U.S. Navy's latest

assault on whales off the coast of California.

 

Last year, the California Coastal Commission ruled that the Navy

must follow common-sense safety measures while using

high-intensity sonar off southern California. The Navy refused

to comply with those recommendations, even after two subsequent

court orders.

 

Now, the Navy is asking the Commission for an even more

expansive use of sonar in the area.

 

Please go to http://www.nrdconline.org/ct/upsk7oY19PYi/ right

now and urge the California Coastal Commission to reject the

Navy's request, unless it commits to simple precautions that

will protect marine life. We only have until October 14.

 

The Commission's staff has already concluded that, without

additional protections, the Navy's extensive use of sonar would

cause significant harm to California's marine mammals. It

recommended that the Navy avoid biologically sensitive areas

(especially during key migration periods), turn off sonar when

marine mammals are sighted close to the sonar ship, and improve

monitoring for marine mammals before the sonar is turned on.

 

Please tell the Coastal Commission to reject the Navy's latest

plan.

 

Go to http://www.nrdconline.org/ct/upsk7oY19PYi/ right away.

It's crucial that the Commission hear from concerned

Californians before October 14.

 

Thanks again for taking action in support of marine mammals off

the coast of California.

 

Sincerely,

 

Frances Beinecke

President

NRDC Action Fund

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