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Grassroots ESA Coalition Overview
Fax and Email Deadline Monday, June 20, 2005
Dear Landowner, Rancher or Multiple-Use Advocate:
The House Resources Committee will be holding a hearing Monday, June 6 in Clarkston, Washington. This is the first in a process of reviewing the Endangered Species Act for possible changes. You can get your concerns on the record by filling out this Testimony Questionnaire and writing your Representative's name in the appropriate place. You need to sign the document at the bottom. Please return it in the enclosed envelope. It will be hand delivered to your Representative and delivered to the hearing itself. It is important that you mail this document by Monday, June 20th.
This is #1 of 2 Testimony Questionnaires. Please fill out both and mail them back. There is some overlap between the two documents. Please note that American Land Rights has carefully examined the type of language that most of America is willing to accept when considering possible changes to the Endangered Species Act. We're trying to use a softer tone without losing sight of your goals.
The struggle has been to write about the ESA in a way that vastly upgrades our chances of winning. As we work to develop language to do that, some of our supporters have suffered a degree of anxiety because they think that softer language means we may be letting down. Nothing could be further from the truth. Don't confuse where we want to go with how we get there.
The Endangered Species Act has not been successful at recovering species at risk over the past 31 years. With a success rate of less than one percent, the ESA is not effective in saving threatened and endangered species.
At the same time, the corresponding rules and regulations have, in many cases, strangled local economies, hurt ranchers, landowners and Federal land users causing severe repercussions that impact everything from school funding to jobs to economic development — even hampering important environmental protections.
Please note that multiple-use and private property advocates AGREE with all the statements below but you don't have to. You may also edit the following statements. These are supposed to be your comments.
Fax and Email Deadline Monday, June 20, 2005
ESA 1 -- First is an E-mail that was sent to explain what the Grassroots ESA Coalition is and talking about a new way to communicate regarding the Endangered Species Act.
1A is a Testimony Questionnaire you should download and fax back to the House Resources Committee at (202) 225-2959 or American Land Rights for the June 6th hearing regarding how you feel about the communications issue and the Endangered Species Act.
1B is a second Testimony Questionnaire, different from 1A but there is a great deal of overlap. You can send one or both.
ESA 2 – This is an E-mail sent out by the American Land Rights Association with a draft of issues we believe ought to be included in any modification of the Endangered Species Act. We were looking for people to give us their opinion about what should be included in ESA. Next are two Testimony Questionnaires which focus on the issue points of any new bill.
2A Like the other two Testimony Questionnaires, this one and the next share a lot of the same questions. It was not possible to fit all issues on one 8 by 10 sheet two sides so we wrote two. You can send one or both. You can fax them to the House Resources Committee at (202) 225-2959 or American Land Rights at (360) 687-2973.
2B is the second of the two issue Testimony Questionnaires. If you have an issue that is not covered, please feel free to add it on. You can send either 2A or 2B or both.
Please call American Land Rights Association at (360) 687-3087 for more information.
Fax and Email Deadline Monday, June 20, 2005
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