Outrageous action by the Center for
Biological Diversity in the name of protecting
bats. See message below from Peter Youngbaer, NSS WNS liaison.
Mark Minton
CBD Files Intent to Sue in 30 Days if Caves Not Closed
by PYoungbaer ยป May 26, 2011 4:40 am
The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal Intent to Sue in 30 days
letter with the Obama Administration yesterday, if the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, the U.S. Forest Service, and the Department of Defense
did not immediately close caves and mines on federal land.
Here's the press release:
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2011/white-nose-syndrome-05-25-2011.html
In the press release are two additional links: the first to the actual
rather lengthy letter; the second to a CBD web page, which delineates their
entire WNS campaign.
The formal letter is again addressed to Secretaries of the Interior,
Agriculture, and Defense (Salazar, Vilsack, and Gates), and chastises the
government for not acting on their more-than-year-old original petition.
It reiterates the call for closing all caves and mines on federal land
known to harbor bats - without exception. It reiterates the call for
amending the definition of "take" under the Endangered Species Act. It also
calls for designating every cave (used by bats or not) on federal land as
"significant" under the Federal Cave Resources Protection Act.
I urge everyone to read the letter in full.
Peter Youngbaer
NSS 16161 CM FE
WNS Liaison
Cave Softly; Cave Cleanly
For the latest WNS info, check the NSS WNS website:
http://www.caves.org/WNS
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