Jamie Rappaport
Jamie Rappaport
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It reduces the prospects for recovering species, it weakens the scientific foundations for decision-making, and it takes taxpayer dollars away from conservation efforts.
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It runs counter to the intent of the Endangered Species Act.
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We won't have many more success stories like the bald eagle if the Pombo bill becomes law.
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Over the past five years, we have witnessed the near extinction of the woodland caribou in North America. Indeed, we're only down to three animals in the U.S., largely due to the government's mismanagement of snowmobile traffic in areas vital to the animal's survival.
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Americans have made a significant commitment to recovering the wolf over the past 30 years. Unfortunately, the Bush administration is planning to turn back the clock on wolf recovery by prematurely passing management responsibility to states such as Idaho that has expressed a clear intention of immediately exterminating all of the wolves in the state.
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You would think that after almost losing our beloved national symbol, the bald eagle to the deadly effects of pesticides, Congress would ensure that any law they pass would not cause us to potentially relive that sad time in our nation's history.
This is premature. This would be a real tragedy.
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A developer might propose construction of a shopping center that will wipe out the habitat of an endangered species. Once the developer has been compensated for that use, he or she can propose an office park on the site and become entitled to compensation again.
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Our children today are fortunate to enjoy the sight of a bald eagle flying through our skies. But if Pombo's bill becomes law, future generations may lose out on seeing this majestic bird as well as other treasured wildlife.
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By exempting EPA from the consultation process, dangerous pesticides will freely enter the market without any regard to their impact on our nation's imperiled wildlife.
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The goal of this policy is to work with landowners to turn the decline of a species around in order to make listing unnecessary.
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The Endangered Species Act has been a roaring success for the grizzly bear in Yellowstone.
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An astonishing success rate of more than 99 percent.