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<DIV>Hi, everyone,</DIV>
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<DIV>The budget bill which will be voted on this week in Congress contains a
rider that would delist the Gray Wolf, which is - and should stay - on the
Endangered Species list. </DIV>
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<DIV>Delisting a single endangered species by Congressional action, rather than
based on scientific data through the appropriate process regulated by the U.S.
Fish & Wildlife Service, creates a dangerous precedent for all species,
including birds.</DIV>
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<DIV>If the hunting and ranching lobbies can exert enough influence to
convince Congress to delist the Gray Wolf, it will not be long before the timber
lobby and other special interest groups get start working on Congressmen to
convince them to delist the Spotted Owl, the Ancient Murrelet, the Red-cockaded
Woodpecker, Whooping Cranes and other threatened and endangered species.
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<DIV>Birders need to become a stronger special interest group, speaking loudly
and persuasively on behalf of birds.</DIV>
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<DIV>Please use this easy form to contact your legislators tomorrow. Time is
running out.</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks for taking action on behalf of threatened and endangered
wildlife.</DIV>
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<DIV>Christine Williamson</DIV>
<DIV><A href="mailto:birdchris@aol.com">birdchris@aol.com</A></DIV>
<DIV>Chicago/Cook </DIV>
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From: membership.services@sierraclub.org<BR>To: birdchris@aol.com<BR>Sent:
4/12/2011 5:22:57 P.M. Central Daylight Time<BR>Subj: The Final Fight for the
Gray Wolf<BR></DIV>
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<P><BR>This is the last stand in our efforts to protect the gray
wolf and preserve the Endangered Species Act. <STRONG>The
Endangered Species Act has been the cornerstone of wildlife
management for half a century. We cannot allow it to be undermined
for political purposes. <A
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your elected officials to stop the attacks on the gray wolf and
the Endangered Species Act.</A></STRONG></P>
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<P>Over 60,000 of you have taken action to protect the Gray Wolf
and the Endangered Species Act from continued attacks from
Congress. We've logged over 2,000 phone calls to Congressional
offices and sent tens of thousands of email messages.
<STRONG>Every time the wolf has been threatened, you've come
through. We've beaten back amendments to wilderness bills and
repeatedly kept wolf delisting language out of funding bills. The
Endangered Species Act is intact today because of you.</STRONG>
<BR><BR>We have one last battle to fight. <STRONG>Over the
weekend, a bipartisan deal was reached to delist the wolf as part
of the budget package. The budget will be voted on this week. <A
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you take action to protect the gray wolf? Write your
representatives and tell them to remove the language that delists
the gray wolf from the budget.</A></STRONG> </P></SPAN>
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<P>Congress has never before removed an animal from the Endangered
Species List. Creating a path by which political interests can
trump science based wildlife management decisions is a body blow
to wildlife protection in America. <STRONG><A
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can't allow this to happen. Click here to write your
Representatives and tell them to remove the wolf delisting
language.</A></STRONG> </P>
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<P>We've come this far. Let's finish the fight. <BR><BR>Thanks for
all that you do to protect the environment. </P>
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<P>Sarah Hodgdon<BR>Sierra Club Conservation Director<BR><BR>P.S.
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