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Defenders Electronic Network (DEN) Friday July 14, 2000 1. WOLVES: Alaskans Unite to Fight Land-and-Shoot Killing of Wolves Over the veto of Governor Tony Knowles, the Alaska legislature passed a law to allow same day land-and-shoot killing of wolves. With the first snowfall, hunters can use planes to track and exhaust wolves, then land and shoot them. Wolf supporters in Alaska already have gathered more than 20,000 of the 23,000 signatures needed to place a measure on the November statewide ballot to ban this terrible practice.Click here for more on this story: http://www.savealaskawolves.org/2. WOLVES II: Government Plan May Spell End to Future Wolf Recovery The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed to downlist the gray wolf from "endangered" to "threatened" status in many areas across the nation, including the northeast, southern Rockies, California, northern Montana and the Pacific Northwest. Defenders has pronounced the proposal deficient because it ignores critical areas such as the Northeast and Colorado that contain ideal habitat but currently lack viable wolf populations.Click here for more on this story: http://www.defenders.org/releases/pr2000/pr070700.html0700.html3. WILDLIFE: Lethal Predator Control Lives Despite more than 14,000 faxes sent to Congress by DEN activists, the House of Representatives defeated an amendment to stop funding of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s program to kill predators such as coyotes and foxes. Supporters of the amendment were able to gain 31 new votes from members who did not support the proposal last year, 25 of whom were targeted by the DEN alert. However, in the end, special interests were able to defeat the ban by just 40 votes. Thanks to all those that responded to the alert.Click here to see how your representative voted: 4. CONGRESS: Mixed Bag on Senate Riders This week, conservationists scored a victory when an amendment to holdup the Forest Service’s proposal to protect roadless forests was withdrawn during Senate floor debate on the Interior spending bill. However, a rider allowing grazing on public lands without environmental review remained on the bill despite attempts to remove it and a new provision to allow increased logging in public forests was added. Defenders will fight more damaging amendments when debate on the bill continues next week including one that would result in the likely extinction of the silvery minnow, an endangered fish in the desert Southwest.Click here for more information on anti-environmental riders: 5. ON THE TUBE: 60 Minutes to Rebroadcast Report on Farm Bureau The CBS News program "60 Minutes" will rebroadcast its exposé on the American Farm Bureau this Sunday, July 16 (check your local listings for the time). The Farm Bureau ranks among the richest and most powerful non-governmental organizations in America. A recent Defenders report, Amber Waves of Gain, found that the organization regularly opposes endangered species recovery efforts such as wolf reintroduction in Yellowstone and other important conservation efforts. After the broadcast join the more than 20,000 DEN activists who have already sent e-mails to Congress calling for a Congressional investigation of the Farm Bureau.To view the Defenders report, click here: http://www.defenders.org/fb/awg.htmlmlTo send an e-mail to Congress, click here: http://www.denaction.org/ 6. WILDLIFE CALENDAR: Grizzlies Go Fishing July brings a parade of sockeye salmon to the shallow rivers of British Columbia and Alaska in their exhausting quest to spawn at their birthplace. Grizzlies by the dozens congregate on the river’s edge to take advantage of this rich food source, sometimes snatching fish in mid-air as they leap up rapids. Usually solitary animals, this is the only time grizzlies tolerate each other in such numbers. For more information on grizzlies, click here: http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/grizzly_bear.html * TELL YOUR FRIENDS!! FORWARD THIS ISSUE
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