----/ The Squid List /-------------------------------------------------- The Endangered Endangered Species Act
Thursday, June 8th 7:30-9 pm Free ----/ Event Description /----------------------------------------------- For over 30 years the Endangered Species Act has been our nation's safety net for fish, wildlife, and plants on the brink of extinction. But in 2005 the U.S. House of Representatives voted to gut the protective provisions of the statute, and several bills to eviscerate the Endangered Species Act are being proposed in the U.S. Senate. If these bills become law the natural world is likely to become greatly impoverished, and as one of the top biodiversity hotspots in the country the San Francisco Bay Area has much to loose in the process. Join Brent Plater, Bay Area Director for the Center for Biological Diversity, as he describes the strength and importance of the Endangered Species Act and how current legislation will weaken the law, defines where real improvements in the Endangered Species Act can be made, and explains what you can do to ensure that protections for endangered species remain strong. Brent Plater works on a variety of endangered species and wildlands protection issues throughout the country. He has been the lead attorney on several cases brought by the Center, including cases to protect the southern resident killer whale, the North American green sturgeon, the unarmored threespine stickleback, the California red- legged frog and dozens of wild and scenic rivers in the Great Lakes region. Brent is a graduate of the University of Michigan's School of Natural Resources and Environment, the University of California, Berkeley's Boalt Hall School of Law, and Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. ----/ Venue Info /------------------------------------------------------ Randall Museum 199 Museum Way San Francisco (415) 554-9600 http://www.randallmuseum.org ----/ Additional Info /------------------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] (415) 225-3830 http://www.sfns.org ----/ The Squid List Admin /--------------------------------------------- The Squid List, a tentacle of Laughing Squid http://laughingsquid.org/squidlist/ subscribe, unsubscribe, change your email address or change your subscription options: http://lists.laughingsquid.org/mailman/listinfo/squidlist/ Frequently Asked Questions & Submission Guidelines Squid List FAQ: http://laughingsquid.org/squidlist/faq.html The Squid List Online Calendar: http://laughingsquid.org/squidlist/calendar/ The Squid List RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/squidlist ----/ Laughing Squid /-------------------------------------------------- Laughing Squid http://laughingsquid.com art, culture and technology from San Francisco and beyond Laughing Squid Web Hosting http://laughingsquid.net friendly, dependable and secure web hosting services for artists, individuals, bloggers, non-profits and small organizations The Squid List is licensed under a Creative Commons License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/
