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Stop Congress from gutting the Endangered Species Act!
Target: U.S. RepresentativesSponsored by: Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
The Ivory-billed Woodpecker was one of the first species listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Long feared extinct, the bird clung to life in habitat protected in hopes of its recovery, and just last month the conservation community was rewarded with confirmed evidence of the bird's survival in the forested swamps of Arkansas.
But a new bill introduced by Representative Dennis Cardoza (D-CA) - the misnamed Critical Habitat Enhancement Act of 2005 - would eliminate crucial protections for habitat that endangered species like the ivory-billed woodpecker need to both survive and recover.
The Cardoza bill abandons a fundamental goal of the Endangered Species Act - recovery of endangered species. Under this bill, we would lose the very protections that brought both the bald eagle and the Peregrine falcon back from the brink of extinction, and that allowed us to never lose hope for the Ivory-billed woodpecker.
Critical habitat is just that - it is habitat that is essential to both the survival and recovery of an endangered species. But the Cardoza bill aims to gut the meaning and definition of critical habitat. If we can no longer protect critical habitat, then we can no longer protect species themselves. By stripping wildlife habitat of critical protection, the Cardoza bill is essentially leaving our wildlife homeless, and dooming our most imperiled species to extinction.
Take action today - tell Congress to protect the Endangered Species Act! Sign this petition to send a letter to your Representative, and urge her/him to vote NO on H.R. 1299.
But a new bill introduced by Representative Dennis Cardoza (D-CA) - the misnamed Critical Habitat Enhancement Act of 2005 - would eliminate crucial protections for habitat that endangered species like the ivory-billed woodpecker need to both survive and recover.
The Cardoza bill abandons a fundamental goal of the Endangered Species Act - recovery of endangered species. Under this bill, we would lose the very protections that brought both the bald eagle and the Peregrine falcon back from the brink of extinction, and that allowed us to never lose hope for the Ivory-billed woodpecker.
Critical habitat is just that - it is habitat that is essential to both the survival and recovery of an endangered species. But the Cardoza bill aims to gut the meaning and definition of critical habitat. If we can no longer protect critical habitat, then we can no longer protect species themselves. By stripping wildlife habitat of critical protection, the Cardoza bill is essentially leaving our wildlife homeless, and dooming our most imperiled species to extinction.
Take action today - tell Congress to protect the Endangered Species Act! Sign this petition to send a letter to your Representative, and urge her/him to vote NO on H.R. 1299.
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We signed the “Stop Congress from gutting the Endangered Species Act!” petition!
# 200:
2:56 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Nancy Sharpe, California
# 199:
2:55 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Andreas Wittenstein, California
Cardoza and his corporate bribers may not care about the future of this planet, but those of us who plan to continue living here do. At the rate we're destroying the earth, all species, including humans, will soon be endangered.
Cardoza and his corporate bribers may not care about the future of this planet, but those of us who plan to continue living here do. At the rate we're destroying the earth, all species, including humans, will soon be endangered.
# 198:
2:55 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Chris Peckover, California
# 197:
2:55 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Paul Watson, Washington
The Endangered Species Act is one of the most visionary and most progessive pieces of legeslation to come out of the U.S. Government. We need it and we need it kept strong.
The Endangered Species Act is one of the most visionary and most progessive pieces of legeslation to come out of the U.S. Government. We need it and we need it kept strong.
# 196:
2:55 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Craig Fiels, New Mexico
# 195:
2:55 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Henri andre Fourroux III, Louisiana
# 194:
2:55 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Diana Wittenbreder, Arizona
# 193:
2:54 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Name not displayed, California
# 192:
2:54 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Rachel Daniels, Oregon
# 191:
2:54 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Sheila O'Bryen, California
# 190:
2:54 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Lin Hawkins, California
# 189:
2:54 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Georganne Smith, California
The Endangered Species Act is the last protection for these creatures! With it in place, at least there is a punishment for harming these animals. Without it, there is none!
The Endangered Species Act is the last protection for these creatures! With it in place, at least there is a punishment for harming these animals. Without it, there is none!
# 188:
2:54 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Jeanette J McAdoo, Pennsylvania
Parks are being destroyed, animals are becoming endangered and people are being killed in the war. If this continues what will be left on this earth but an empty planet?
Parks are being destroyed, animals are becoming endangered and people are being killed in the war. If this continues what will be left on this earth but an empty planet?
# 187:
2:53 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Jasmin Saidi, California
# 186:
2:53 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Suzanne Carmona, Colorado
# 185:
2:53 pm PDT, Jun 2,
J K, California
# 184:
2:52 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Sharon Keeley, Rhode Island
# 183:
2:52 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Brenda Little, California
# 182:
2:52 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Rick Shively, Colorado
# 181:
2:52 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Name not displayed, California
# 180:
2:51 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Mary Haskell, California
# 179:
2:51 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Heather Douglas, New Jersey
# 178:
2:51 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Bobbie Holaday, Arizona
God didn't put a single species on this Earth that did not have a necessary role. Don't destroy what God created.
God didn't put a single species on this Earth that did not have a necessary role. Don't destroy what God created.
# 177:
2:51 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Charles M. Fineberg, California
# 176:
2:51 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Name not displayed, Washington
# 175:
2:51 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Michelle Palmer, California
# 174:
2:51 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Name not displayed, Oregon
# 173:
2:50 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Kimberly Marlow, Arizona
Your long history of being against this act is well-known. Applying your own personal agenda will not work.
Your long history of being against this act is well-known. Applying your own personal agenda will not work.
# 172:
2:50 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Ed Zuschlag, New Jersey
# 171:
2:50 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Jonathan Boyne, Hawaii
We're next...
We're next...
# 170:
2:50 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Peter Rothe, California
This is a small Planet, let's live on it sustainably - in harmony with all life :-)
This is a small Planet, let's live on it sustainably - in harmony with all life :-)
# 169:
2:50 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Name not displayed, California
# 168:
2:49 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Julie Sanford, California
All species of life on this planet are precious. We've already lost too many and are on the verge of losing more. Every time one species becomes extinct, we are closer to the extinction of human beings and the end of our beautiful planet.
All species of life on this planet are precious. We've already lost too many and are on the verge of losing more. Every time one species becomes extinct, we are closer to the extinction of human beings and the end of our beautiful planet.
# 167:
2:49 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Debra Rehn, Oregon
# 166:
2:49 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Sherry Lane, California
It's common sense. Once the animals are gone humans are gone. What is important in this world?
It's common sense. Once the animals are gone humans are gone. What is important in this world?
# 165:
2:49 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Daisy Eriksson, Washington
# 164:
2:48 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Ric Lewis, Washington
# 163:
2:48 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Anna Bennett, Arizona
# 162:
2:48 pm PDT, Jun 2,
James Benjamin, California
The ESA is wise bipartisan policy which has served our country well for 32 years. This is yet another attempt by the radical right to polarize the public and suck up to the extreme property rights crowd. The sponsors should be ashamed of themselves. I feel sure my Member of Congress will vote against it!
The ESA is wise bipartisan policy which has served our country well for 32 years. This is yet another attempt by the radical right to polarize the public and suck up to the extreme property rights crowd. The sponsors should be ashamed of themselves. I feel sure my Member of Congress will vote against it!
# 161:
2:48 pm PDT, Jun 2,
William Magee, Pennsylvania
Although seemingly a cliche' there is a web of life, and any disruption of one part affects the rest. And pragmatically loss of one endangered species may result in us becoming an ehdangered species. Let nature be.
Although seemingly a cliche' there is a web of life, and any disruption of one part affects the rest. And pragmatically loss of one endangered species may result in us becoming an ehdangered species. Let nature be.
# 160:
2:48 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Ted Winterer, California
# 159:
2:48 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Anita Carswell, California
Animals should have the simple right to exist without harm.
Animals should have the simple right to exist without harm.
# 158:
2:48 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Pearl Manion, California
Man is this planets worst enemy. We destroy the environment, the forests and the necessary habitat's of our wildlife. Man doesn't seem to care whether the wildlife survives or not. They are an intregral part of our existance. Please do not destroy any more of the forests or the habitats of our wildlife and endangered species!!
Man is this planets worst enemy. We destroy the environment, the forests and the necessary habitat's of our wildlife. Man doesn't seem to care whether the wildlife survives or not. They are an intregral part of our existance. Please do not destroy any more of the forests or the habitats of our wildlife and endangered species!!
# 157:
2:48 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Sheree Foyt, Oregon
# 156:
2:47 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Paul Bookidis, Arizona
# 155:
2:47 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Robert Rickun, California
# 154:
2:47 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Canary Burton, Massachusetts
Gee, we barely got some species off the floor and now the Bushes want to kill them in favor or OIL, MORE OIL,(meaning, more money) But the planet will wither and die. The Busheies don't care they are too blinded to know how our planet is interconnected. They will be dead by then and so will the grandchildren-- and our grandchildren
Gee, we barely got some species off the floor and now the Bushes want to kill them in favor or OIL, MORE OIL,(meaning, more money) But the planet will wither and die. The Busheies don't care they are too blinded to know how our planet is interconnected. They will be dead by then and so will the grandchildren-- and our grandchildren
# 153:
2:46 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Richard Leibold, Arizona
# 152:
2:46 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Janice Glasser, California
# 151:
2:45 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Name not displayed, Montana