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Leadless Ammunition on Tejon Ranch Will Help Condors

 

 

 

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February 26, 2007 — By the Center for Biological Diversity

 

LOS ANGELES, Calif — Tejon Ranch Corporation announced today that lead-free

ammunition will be required for all hunting and predator control on the

270,000-acre Tejon Ranch starting this fall. The switch to non-lead ammunition

will reduce the threat of lead poisoning of endangered condors, for whom such

poisoning is the leading cause of death. California condors are one of the most

imperiled species in the world.

 

" We applaud Tejon Ranch's decision to get the lead out for condors, and if the

state's largest private landholder can go lead-free, then the rest of California

should be able to follow suit, " said Jeff Miller with the Center for Biological

Diversity. " Unfortunately, the urban-sprawl developments planned for Tejon Ranch

are also a gun to the head of condor recovery efforts. If Tejon pulls the

trigger on these developments, the resulting habitat destruction and disturbance

could prove just as lethal to condors as any bullet. "

 

The move to lead-free ammunition provides a significant conservation benefit for

condors and ratchets up the pressure on the state to regulate lead bullets in

condor habitat. The Center is part of a coalition of health and conservation

organizations, hunters and American Indians that filed a lawsuit against the

state last fall for continuing to allow hunting with toxic lead ammunition.

Safe, reliable bullets and shot made from copper and other materials are widely

available for hunting and perform as well or better than lead ammunition. The

California Fish and Game Commission began a review of the state game-hunting

regulations last month and is considering amendments to eliminate lead

ammunition, either within the condor range or statewide. The commission will

take public comments through April.

 

" Eliminating lead bullets is a step in the right direction, but Tejon is poised

to take several steps backward with developments that will destroy the unique

values and ecological integrity of Tejon Ranch, " said Center biologist Ileene

Anderson. " Tejon's proposed 28,500-acre Tejon Mountain Village will devastate

the heart of the condor's critical habitat. "

 

Tejon Ranch Corporation plans several huge developments that will destroy or

degrade wildlife habitat and create additional deadly threats to the birds. The

company's history with condors is infamous; it opposed reintroduction of the

species into their historic range, sued the government to block reintroduction

near the ranch, and tried to have condors' Endangered Species Act protection

removed. During its 2003 " pig hunt " beloved condor AC-8, the oldest remaining

wild-born condor, was illegally shot and killed. Now the company wants an

unprecedented federal permit to " take " (kill, harass or harm) condors.

 

The public has made a tremendous effort to recover the condor and has invested

over $40 million in the condor reintroduction program; it makes no sense to

allow a private company to destroy the species' core habitat. In 2005 the Tejon

Ranch Company announced a sham conservation proposal to sell a portion of the

ranch to the state as a conservation area, yet some of the most important

wildlife habitat was excluded and the land offered has little or no development

value. The Center and a coalition of conservation organizations representing

close to 2 million citizens are calling on state and federal officials to

balance conservation and development by planning the whole ranch to avoid

piecemeal development and protecting 245,000 acres of Tejon Ranch as a new

national or state park.

 

More information about lead ammunition poisoning of condors and the campaign to

save Tejon Ranch from development is available at the Center for Biological

Diversity website.

 

Contact Info:

 

Ileene Anderson

Tel : 323-490-0223

 

Website : the Center for Biological Diversity

 

 

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Measures to End Overfishing of Bottomfish in the Main Hawaiian IslandsEndless Energy - BC Could Be Energy Self-Sufficient By 2025 February 26, 2007 — By the Center for Biological DiversityLOS ANGELES, Calif — Tejon Ranch Corporation announced today that lead-free ammunition will be required for all hunting and predator control on the 270,000-acre Tejon Ranch starting this fall. The switch to non-lead ammunition will reduce the threat of lead poisoning of endangered condors, for whom such poisoning is the leading cause of death. California condors are one of the most imperiled species in the world. "We applaud Tejon Ranch's decision to get the lead out for condors, and if the state's largest private landholder can go lead-free, then the rest of California should be able to follow suit," said Jeff Miller with the Center for Biological Diversity. "Unfortunately, the urban-sprawl developments planned for Tejon Ranch are also a gun to the head of

condor recovery efforts. If Tejon pulls the trigger on these developments, the resulting habitat destruction and disturbance could prove just as lethal to condors as any bullet." The move to lead-free ammunition provides a significant conservation benefit for condors and ratchets up the pressure on the state to regulate lead bullets in condor habitat. The Center is part of a coalition of health and conservation organizations, hunters and American Indians that filed a lawsuit against the state last fall for continuing to allow hunting with toxic lead ammunition. Safe, reliable bullets and shot made from copper and other materials are widely available for hunting and perform as well or better than lead ammunition. The California Fish and Game Commission began a review of the state game-hunting regulations last month and is considering amendments to eliminate lead ammunition, either within the condor range or statewide. The commission will take public comments through

April. "Eliminating lead bullets is a step in the right direction, but Tejon is poised to take several steps backward with developments that will destroy the unique values and ecological integrity of Tejon Ranch," said Center biologist Ileene Anderson. "Tejon's proposed 28,500-acre Tejon Mountain Village will devastate the heart of the condor's critical habitat." Tejon Ranch Corporation plans several huge developments that will destroy or degrade wildlife habitat and create additional deadly threats to the birds. The company's history with condors is infamous; it opposed reintroduction of the species into their historic range, sued the government to block reintroduction near the ranch, and tried to have condors' Endangered Species Act protection removed. During its 2003 "pig hunt" beloved condor AC-8, the oldest remaining wild-born condor, was illegally shot and killed. Now the company wants an unprecedented federal permit to "take" (kill, harass or harm)

condors. The public has made a tremendous effort to recover the condor and has invested over $40 million in the condor reintroduction program; it makes no sense to allow a private company to destroy the species' core habitat. In 2005 the Tejon Ranch Company announced a sham conservation proposal to sell a portion of the ranch to the state as a conservation area, yet some of the most important wildlife habitat was excluded and the land offered has little or no development value. The Center and a coalition of conservation organizations representing close to 2 million citizens are calling on state and federal officials to balance conservation and development by planning the whole ranch to avoid piecemeal development and protecting 245,000 acres of Tejon Ranch as a new national or state park. More information about lead ammunition poisoning of condors and the campaign to save Tejon Ranch from development is available at the Center for Biological Diversity

website. Contact Info: Ileene AndersonTel : 323-490-0223 Website : the Center for Biological Diversity"NOTICE: Due to Presidential Executive Orders, the National Security Agency may have read this email without warning, warrant, or notice. They may do this without any judicial or legislative oversight. You have no recourse nor protection save to call for the impeachment of the current President."Peter H

 

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