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Senate Alert - Invasive Species Vote
Urgent Action Required.
Call and fax your Senators today.
If you like the Endangered Species Act, you'll
love the Invasive Species Act, which has been
included in the Senate version of the
Transportation Act, (SAFETEA) (S-1072).
Congratulations to those who faxed opposition to
"invasive" species regulation in the House
version of the Transportation Act (SAFETEA). You
won, and itís gone - from the House Bill.
However, it is still in the Senate version which
passed the Senate. Now a conference committee is
meeting to iron out the final law. If the final
bill includes Invasive Species, you're cooked.
It is vital that you act now to kill Invasive Species in conference this
week.
Send 4 quick identical faxes to Sen. Inhofe with visible "cc" to your
Senators
-----1. Fax and call Senator James Inhofe,
Chairman, Senate Environment and Public Works
Committee Fax 202-224-5167. You may call any
Senator at (202) 224-3121.
-----2. Fax and call Senator James Inhofe, at
his own Senate Office, Fax 202-228-0380. Use the
Capital Switchboard number of (202) 2124-3121.
-----3. Fax and call both your Senators. Ask
them to commit to calling Senator James Inhoff to
express opposition to this attack on private land
and Federal land use.
Here is a quick link to the fax numbers of your Senators:
http://www.theorator.com/senate.html
Hereís a sample fax: (Change it to use your own
words if you can. But send it.)
***********************************************************
Dear Senator Inhofe:
Please remove from the SAFETEA Transportation
Bill, S.1072, all reference to "invasive species"
and "native plants", and delete Sec. 166 of Title
I, Sub Chapter F, in its entirety.
Invasive species is major environmental
legislation that needs debating on its own
merits, or lack of them. The issue is poorly
defined as any species that is nonnative and
could cause harm.
There are no restrictions on the bureaucracy
making the designation, no takings protection for
private land use. Without careful limits to
regulatory power, the potential for abuse is
greater than that of the Endangered Species Act.
Sincerely,
name, mailing address, email address
***********************************************************
Please do send the faxes. There are talking
points below for writing your own, but if youíre
shy on time, just go ahead and use this one as
better than nothing.
Invasive Species is hot and heavy in the Senate.
You can go to http://www.landrights.org for more
information on Invasive Species. Jim Beers has a
complete list of articles on the home page.
Talking Points - Invasive Species:
-----1. Basic Issue: Implication that everything
"non-native" is "harmful". Native poison ivy is
more harmful to children than non-native fescue
that is the major component of soccer fields.
-----2 Definition: No universally accepted
definition of "Could Cause Harm" and no
required objective review of such determination.
Credible scientists disagree. Already Western
counties have eradicated weeds and been
threatened by critical habitat protection under
the Endangered Species Act for the identical
plants.
-----3. Private Land: There is no takings
compensation for restricting plants or animals on
private property. Agency personnel are
unrestrained in extending federal restrictions to
private land.
-----4. Forestry: hybrid trees and GMOís are
nonnative. Regulators can say they could cause
harm to native ecosystems and proscribe their use
on private forests.
-----5. Clean Water Act: In some states tall
fescue, rye grasses and crownvetch are already
forbidden on public land. How long would it take
to restrict their use for BMP's?
-----6. Sportsmen: pheasants, boar and rainbow
trout are nonnative. The National Park Service
already seeks their removal from the Smokies.
-----7. Gardeners: English ivy and Russian olive
are listed as invasive (harmful) in National
Forests in the South.
-----8. Pets: German shepherds and French
poodles are nonnative and meet the definition of
invasive in that they could bite.
This is urgent.
Please forward this message as widely as possible.
Urgent Action Required.
Call and fax your Senators today.
If you like the Endangered Species Act, you'll
love the Invasive Species Act, which has been
included in the Senate version of the
Transportation Act, (SAFETEA) (S-1072).
Congratulations to those who faxed opposition to
"invasive" species regulation in the House
version of the Transportation Act (SAFETEA). You
won, and itís gone - from the House Bill.
However, it is still in the Senate version which
passed the Senate. Now a conference committee is
meeting to iron out the final law. If the final
bill includes Invasive Species, you're cooked.
It is vital that you act now to kill Invasive Species in conference this
week.
Send 4 quick identical faxes to Sen. Inhofe with visible "cc" to your
Senators
-----1. Fax and call Senator James Inhofe,
Chairman, Senate Environment and Public Works
Committee Fax 202-224-5167. You may call any
Senator at (202) 224-3121.
-----2. Fax and call Senator James Inhofe, at
his own Senate Office, Fax 202-228-0380. Use the
Capital Switchboard number of (202) 2124-3121.
-----3. Fax and call both your Senators. Ask
them to commit to calling Senator James Inhoff to
express opposition to this attack on private land
and Federal land use.
Here is a quick link to the fax numbers of your Senators:
http://www.theorator.com/senate.html
Hereís a sample fax: (Change it to use your own
words if you can. But send it.)
***********************************************************
Dear Senator Inhofe:
Please remove from the SAFETEA Transportation
Bill, S.1072, all reference to "invasive species"
and "native plants", and delete Sec. 166 of Title
I, Sub Chapter F, in its entirety.
Invasive species is major environmental
legislation that needs debating on its own
merits, or lack of them. The issue is poorly
defined as any species that is nonnative and
could cause harm.
There are no restrictions on the bureaucracy
making the designation, no takings protection for
private land use. Without careful limits to
regulatory power, the potential for abuse is
greater than that of the Endangered Species Act.
Sincerely,
name, mailing address, email address
***********************************************************
Please do send the faxes. There are talking
points below for writing your own, but if youíre
shy on time, just go ahead and use this one as
better than nothing.
Invasive Species is hot and heavy in the Senate.
You can go to http://www.landrights.org for more
information on Invasive Species. Jim Beers has a
complete list of articles on the home page.
Talking Points - Invasive Species:
-----1. Basic Issue: Implication that everything
"non-native" is "harmful". Native poison ivy is
more harmful to children than non-native fescue
that is the major component of soccer fields.
-----2 Definition: No universally accepted
definition of "Could Cause Harm" and no
required objective review of such determination.
Credible scientists disagree. Already Western
counties have eradicated weeds and been
threatened by critical habitat protection under
the Endangered Species Act for the identical
plants.
-----3. Private Land: There is no takings
compensation for restricting plants or animals on
private property. Agency personnel are
unrestrained in extending federal restrictions to
private land.
-----4. Forestry: hybrid trees and GMOís are
nonnative. Regulators can say they could cause
harm to native ecosystems and proscribe their use
on private forests.
-----5. Clean Water Act: In some states tall
fescue, rye grasses and crownvetch are already
forbidden on public land. How long would it take
to restrict their use for BMP's?
-----6. Sportsmen: pheasants, boar and rainbow
trout are nonnative. The National Park Service
already seeks their removal from the Smokies.
-----7. Gardeners: English ivy and Russian olive
are listed as invasive (harmful) in National
Forests in the South.
-----8. Pets: German shepherds and French
poodles are nonnative and meet the definition of
invasive in that they could bite.
This is urgent.
Please forward this message as widely as possible.
