Your help is needed to keep the Endangered Species Act from being undermined.
Why does it matter?
After the time when no one remembers what the United States was, much less any possible difference in the effect of whether Obama or McCain became president, and after the time when no one remembers what gasoline was, much less what happened to its price, life would continue to be impoverished if Salmon were driven to extinction by our actions and inactions. For more go to www.idiom.com/~for7gen/e/salmon03.htm
One of the most powerful yet side-effect-free anti-cancer substances yet found came from a slimy foul-tasting rare sea squirt that nobody thought was good for anything. Research has been hampered by their disappearance from the location they were found. Another important class of anti-cancer drugs came from yew, which was previously thought to be a worthless weed. Details at www.mysiquijor.com/articles/6.html www.newswise.com/articles/view/527073/ www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/164/1/66
Amphibians have survived four mass extinctions, much more than mammals have. But they're in serious trouble now. Are we really an intelligent species, or will we ignore the alarm bells that our life support system is unravelling? For more go to www.idiom.com/~for7gen/e/esa04.htm
The Bush administration is trying to weaken the Endangered Species Act on a fast track so there's very little time and they're refusing to accept email or fax.
For info, letter-writing, submitting a quick comment, and seeing some other
comments go to:
Endangered Species Coalition www.stopextinction.org click "take action"
To send a quick comment via Center for Biological Diversity:
salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2167/t/5243/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=25351
For general info:
www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/center/articles/2008/time-08-12-2008.html
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hkF1lWZoKQaqIgrv4XHs4RAorcQgD92NHQMG6
For the official announcement in all its legalistic doubletalk
(the deadline has been extended to Oct 15):
frwebgate2.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/waisgate.cgi?WAISdocID=315735333125+7+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve
For the official website to view and enter comments on your own
(click the comments checkbox and enter fr15au08-20 as the search term):
www.regulations.gov
The mailing address for those without web access:
Public Comment Processing, Attention: 1018-AT50,
Division of Policy and Directives Management,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
4401 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 222,
Arlington, VA 22203
Also demand that Congress block this proposal before it can take effect, and spread the word to friends, organizations, media, etc.
-- Walter Epp for7gen àt idiom døt com