Please join our voice to strongly encourage the Obama Administration to stand up to the US House of

We the undersign,

We strongly oppose the US House of Representative’s passage of H.R. 2584 which makes appropriations for the Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for 2012. While we agree that our nation needs to live within its means, we are strongly opposed to a number of its provisions, including ideological and political provisions, that are well beyond the scope of funding legislation.

Specifically, U.S. Rep. Lummis (WY) inserted Sec. 119 into this bill which proposes to transfer the control of gray wolves to Wyoming and the Western Great Lakes states once the Dept. of the Interior and these states reach a successful agreement. At present, the proposed wolf-delisting agreement between the DOI and Wyoming is an unacceptable plan because it recklessly removes protections for gray wolves in a manner that will potentially unravel the scientific recovery of wolves across the region. If this wasn’t bad enough, Rep. Lummis’ rider prevents this proposed agreement from being subjected to judicial review.

We assert that judicial review is both important and necessary.It provides a remedy for citizens to address government actions that are illegal and it provides government agencies with a more general incentive to listen to, and take seriously, the suggestions, perspective, and critiques of its constituents.

We painfully recall that the Obama Administration did not oppose a similar "no-litigation" clause inserted by Senator Tester (MT) in the must-pass 2011 budget bill that delisted wolves in five Western states. We believe that this action was woefully misguided since the political and ideological provisions in Sen. Tester’s wolf delisting rider had no place in a spending bill.

Once again, we face a similar dilemma. If President Obama is presented with HR 2584 with the Lummis rider included, we fully expect and support his immediate veto of this bill.

National Wolfwatcher Coalition
501(c)3 non-profit organization

President Obama, Ken Salazar and Dan Ashe

We strongly oppose the US House of Representative’s passage of H.R. 2584 which makes appropriations for the Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for 2012. While we agree that our nation needs to live within its means, we are strongly opposed to a number of its provisions, including ideological and political provisions, that are well beyond the scope of funding legislation.

Specifically, U.S. Rep. Lummis (WY) inserted Sec. 119 into this bill which proposes to transfer the control of gray wolves to Wyoming and the Western Great Lakes states once the Dept. of the Interior and these states reach a successful agreement. At present, the proposed wolf-delisting agreement between the DOI and Wyoming is an unacceptable plan because it recklessly removes protections for gray wolves in a manner that will potentially unravel the scientific recovery of wolves across the region. If this wasn’t bad enough, Rep. Lummis’ rider prevents this proposed agreement from being subjected to judicial review.

We assert that judicial review is both important and necessary. It provides a remedy for citizens to address government actions that are illegal and it provides government agencies with a more general incentive to listen to, and take seriously, the suggestions, perspective, and critiques of its constituents.

We painfully recall that the Obama Administration did not oppose a similar "no-litigation" clause inserted by Senator Tester (MT) in the must-pass 2011 budget bill that delisted wolves in five Western states. We believe that this action was woefully misguided since the political and ideological provisions in Sen. Tester’s wolf delisting rider had no place in a spending bill.

Once again, we face a similar dilemma. If President Obama is presented with HR 2584 with the Lummis rider included, we fully expect and support his immediate veto of this bill.

National Wolfwatcher Coalition
501(c)3 non-profit Organization

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