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Bush/Cheney: Don't Play Politics With Our Wildlife!

Target: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Sponsored by: Defenders of Wildlife

The Bush/Cheney Administration's politically-motivated draft "recovery plan" for northern spotted owls threatens to undermine years of progress in protecting these owls and the old-growth forests they need to survive.

Urge officials at the Fish & Wildlife Service to scrap the current plan and reconvene the Northern Spotted Owl Recovery Team to develop a real recovery plan that benefits the spotted owl, not just the timber industry.

There's just a few days left to take action. The Fish & Wildlife Service will only be accepting comments on this draft recovery plan until this Friday, August 24th, so thank you for standing up for the northern spotted owl today.

Read our "fast facts" about northern spotted owls and the draft "recovery plan."

deadline: 8-24-2007
goal: 5,000

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As a supporter of Defenders of Wildlife and someone who cares about scientifically sound wildlife management, I urge you to withdraw the politicized draft recovery plan and reconvene the Northern Spotted Owl Recovery Team to draft a new plan based on scientific findings.

Spotted owl numbers are declining more rapidly than anticipated when the federal government added them to the endangered species list in 1990, and the loss of vital old-growth forest habitat remains one of the biggest threats to the northern spotted owl's recovery.

Dwindling by almost 4% per year, the spotted owl is at risk of declining to the point that the species would need to be "uplisted" from threatened to endangered. Some experts believe that there may be as few as 3,000 pairs left.

Given the continuing stresses and threats to this species, the northern spotted owl needs more old growth forest protection, not less.

I urge you to reconvene the Recovery Team of scientists and other experts from state and federal agencies and local stakeholder groups, to draft a new recovery plan for these beleaguered birds.

We simply can't afford to play politics when it comes to recovering rapidly declining species like the northern spotted owl.

Thank you for considering my views on this matter.

Sincerely,

[Your name]
[Your address]

We signed the “Bush/Cheney: Don't Play Politics With Our Wildlife!” petition!

# 50:

7:27 pm PDT, Aug 22, Melissa Joy, California
These beautiful Spotted owls need protection. A new plan needs to be adopted that will benefit & save them from any further displacement and possible extinction.

# 49:

7:27 pm PDT, Aug 22, Stacey Larter, Canada

# 48:

7:23 pm PDT, Aug 22, Mary Owens, Georgia

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7:21 pm PDT, Aug 22, John Johnson, Nevada

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7:20 pm PDT, Aug 22, Name not displayed, North Carolina

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7:17 pm PDT, Aug 22, Nicole Hardin, Alabama

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7:09 pm PDT, Aug 22, Dee C, New York

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6:55 pm PDT, Aug 22, Norm Conrad, Washington

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6:54 pm PDT, Aug 22, Cary Dean, United Kingdom

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6:51 pm PDT, Aug 22, Cricket Adams, South Carolina

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6:36 pm PDT, Aug 22, Name not displayed, New York

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6:23 pm PDT, Aug 22, Name not displayed, Illinois

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6:15 pm PDT, Aug 22, Erin Quinn, Pennsylvania

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6:14 pm PDT, Aug 22, Sharon Dickenson, Kentucky

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6:05 pm PDT, Aug 22, Dale Husband, Texas

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6:02 pm PDT, Aug 22, Elle Thomas, Canada

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6:01 pm PDT, Aug 22, Brenda Lawson, California

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5:58 pm PDT, Aug 22, Frankie Holland, North Carolina

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5:04 pm PDT, Aug 22, Annie VD, Canada

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5:02 pm PDT, Aug 22, Olja Kaludjerovic, Serbia And Montenegro

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5:00 pm PDT, Aug 22, Nicholas Prince, North Carolina

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4:46 pm PDT, Aug 22, Tammie Jackson, Florida

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4:30 pm PDT, Aug 22, Brittany Urban, New Jersey

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4:25 pm PDT, Aug 22, Susyn Klein, North Dakota

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4:23 pm PDT, Aug 22, Frances Smith, Oklahoma

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4:21 pm PDT, Aug 22, Michael Leder, Arizona

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4:20 pm PDT, Aug 22, Cherie Larrieu, California

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4:18 pm PDT, Aug 22, Gilda Davis aka Lestat, Florida

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4:17 pm PDT, Aug 22, Kryslyn Pratt, California

# 21:

4:17 pm PDT, Aug 22, Danielle Woodyshek, Massachusetts

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4:15 pm PDT, Aug 22, Laurie Monson-Anderson, Florida
I urge officials at the Fish & Wildlife Service to scrap the current plan and reconvene the Northern Spotted Owl Recovery Team to develop a real recovery plan that benefits the spotted owl, not just the timber industry. Save Mother Earth and All of Her Children!!!

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3:53 pm PDT, Aug 22, Noelle Ward, Florida
Save the owls!

# 18:

3:52 pm PDT, Aug 22, Bess Katerinsky, New York

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3:48 pm PDT, Aug 22, Steve Thomas, Oklahoma

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3:46 pm PDT, Aug 22, Ms Zentura, Wyoming

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3:45 pm PDT, Aug 22, Teresa Nemeth, California

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3:43 pm PDT, Aug 22, Rev. Morgana RedSkye Blac, New York
Poor little owls! Bush and Chenney need their heads examined.

# 13:

3:31 pm PDT, Aug 22, Yvonne Lamerton, United Kingdom
You have the oppurtunity to do something worthwhile. Please take it conservation is vital to the ensured continuation of this lovely bird for the future . Save it treasure it protect it. Please !

# 12:

3:16 pm PDT, Aug 22, Jennifer Hubert, Illinois

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3:08 pm PDT, Aug 22, Larisa Long, Arizona

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3:03 pm PDT, Aug 22, Vidya Sims, California

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2:44 pm PDT, Aug 22, Linda Aldred, United Kingdom

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2:35 pm PDT, Aug 22, Sue Street, Indiana

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2:31 pm PDT, Aug 22, Trudi Reijnders, Netherlands

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2:27 pm PDT, Aug 22, Shannon Meadors, Missouri
I believe there is a better solution. One in which mankind and animals of all species can live in harmony. Until greed arrived, the day to day living with our brothers and sisters was common place.

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2:15 pm PDT, Aug 22, Name not displayed, New Jersey

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2:15 pm PDT, Aug 22, Rachel Roemer, Minnesota

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2:13 pm PDT, Aug 22, Lucie Vinals, France

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2:12 pm PDT, Aug 22, Name not displayed, California

# 1:

2:01 pm PDT, Aug 22, Rebecca Young, California
It is time for this administration to stop putting politics before science. The peer reviews of this draft recovery plan agree that habitat degradation and destruction due to logging are the primary threats to northern spotted owls, and the recovery plan in its current form does not address these threats. Please go back to the drawing board and develop a science-based recover plan for northern spotted owls.

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