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

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

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!

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2:15 pm PDT, Aug 25, Emily Dunnam, Alabama

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1:46 pm PDT, Aug 25, Erika Stone, Virginia

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1:38 pm PDT, Aug 25, Mark Daniels, Armed Forces Pacific

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1:29 pm PDT, Aug 25, Name not displayed, Georgia

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1:28 pm PDT, Aug 25, Judy Shull, California
Don't let logging companies destroy our "old growth forests" This is a heritage that we should protect for our children's children and so forth.

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1:25 pm PDT, Aug 25, Wilmary Carrion, New York

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1:19 pm PDT, Aug 25, Carol Komesz, Pennsylvania
Please stop destroying wildlife and its habitats.

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12:29 pm PDT, Aug 25, PAMELA A. RUSSELL, Indiana
THESE CREATURES WERE HERE LONG BEFORE WE WERE, AND THEY HAVE THE RIGHT OF IMMINENT DOMAIN....STOP DESTROYING OUR HABITAT AND ALL OF IT'S WILDLIFE !!!!!! THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES !!!!!

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Please choose to do no more harm to the Earth's forests and animals.

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