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Defenders Electronic Network (DEN) Friday July 28, 2000 1. CONGRESS: Historic Conservation Funding Bill Advances The Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee this week passed the Conservation and Reinvestment Act (CARA), an historic $2.8 billion conservation funding bill that will support federal and state environmental programs to protect our oceans and coasts, conserve wildlife habitat, and help states and local communities protect wildlife and local green spaces. With the House already having passed similar legislation there is a good chance the measure will become law this year. Defenders and other conservationists are pressing the White House to assure the final language includes some urgently needed safeguards and improvements, such as the removal of incentives for new offshore drilling. To learn more about this legislation, click here: http://www.defenders.org/wildlife/lands/landslegis.html2. CONGRESS II: Pristine N.C. Coastline Saved Thanks in part to DEN activists, an anti-environmental provision threatening sections of the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge and the Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina was stripped from a Senate spending bill. The provision contained the proposed building of two offshore jetties that would have interrupted the natural flow of sand and further eroded beaches destroying breeding habitat for migratory birds and endangered species, such as piping plovers and loggerhead sea turtles. DEN members sent more than 2,700 faxes to their senators. Click here for more information on anti-environmental riders: http://www.defenders.org/wildlife/riders/riders.html 3. WOLVES: Alaskans Present Signatures on Ballot To Ban Aerial Wolf Hunting The Wolf Management Reform Coalition presented more than 30,000 signatures to the Alaska Division of Elections to ban same-day airborne wolf hunting. The total was almost 15,000 more than the required number of signatures to put the issue on the November ballot. Click here for more on this story: http://www.savealaskawolves.org/ 4. BEARS: Protect Bears from Illegal Trade and Poaching A bill that would protect America’s bears from poaching and illegal trade is scheduled for a vote on the Senate floor in September. The Bear Protection Act would prohibit the importing, exporting, and interstate trading of bear organs, such as the gallbladder. Faced with dwindling bear populations in Asia, poachers are now turning to North America to fuel the increasing demand for bear parts, which are used as medical remedies in many Asian countries. The bill recently passed the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. To take action, click here: http://www.denaction.org/ 5. SALMON: White House Stalls on Dam Decision The Clinton Administration announced that it would not consider the removal of four hydroelectric dams on the Snake River in the Pacific Northwest to assist in the recovery of endangered salmon. More than 8,500 e-mails were sent by DEN activists to federal salmon managers supporting dam breaching as the best course for salmon recovery. For more information, click here: http://www.defenders.org/wildlife/salmon/pacsalmon.html 6. CREATURE FEATURE: California Condor With a wingspan of nearly ten feet, the endangered California condor is the largest bird in North America. Using warm thermal updrafts, they can remain in flight for hours with barely a flap of their wings. Unlike their close relative, the turkey vulture, condors do not have a strong sense of smell and instead rely on their keen eyesight to locate carrion. Often they follow ravens, coyotes, golden eagles and other scavengers to a food source. One of the rarest birds in the world, major efforts are underway to recover this highly endangered species to the skies of California and Arizona. Click here to learn more about the California condor: http://www.defenders.org/wildlife/birds/calcondor.html 7. CAPITOL HILL REPORT Are you a political junkie? Do you find yourself watching C-SPAN late at night? If so, check out the new DEN Capitol Hill Report, a regular update on the latest legislative information on wildlife and conservation issues in Congress. To view the current issue click here: http://www.defenders.org/hillreport * TELL YOUR FRIENDS!! FORWARD THIS ISSUE AND HELP
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