Guest guest Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 Proposed marine reserves in CINMS > > Dear Mr. Hastings, > > I urge sanctuary officials to adopt regulations that would create marine > protected areas to complete the work started at the Channel Islands nearly > seven years ago. > > The waters around the Channel Islands are home to endangered seabirds, > overfished populations of rockfish and 30 different species of marine > mammals. > With an area just larger than Yosemite National Park, the Channel Islands > National Marine Sanctuary is a national treasure and a United Nations > Biosphere > Reserve. The sanctuary was created in 1980 to preserve and protect the > area's " unique and fragile " ecosystem, yet for decades the sanctuary has > offered very little protection to the whales, fish and birds that live > there. > > California adopted its portion of a network of marine protected areas for > the > islands in 2002. The Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary should now > finish that network and extend protection out to six nautical miles from > the > islands' shores. I support option 1a, which would provide continuous > protection > for marine life within the sanctuary. > > It is time for the sanctuary to live up to its name by providing a safe > haven > for ocean wildlife. Please move quickly to expand these important marine > protected areas. > > Sincerely, > > [Your name and address] > > =================================== > The roadtrip continues: > We're driving beyond oil in Florida > =================================== > > NRDC's August roadtrip through nine midwestern and southeastern states was > such > a success that we're shoving Deron, Eben and back into their energy- > efficient vehicles (this time with ) and sending them around the > Sunshine > State to spread the word about a cleaner, more secure energy future. > Between > now and October 11th, our roadtrippers will travel to 12 Florida cities in > a > Toyota Highlander SUV and an ethanol-powered flex-fuel Chevy Impala. Along > the > way they'll be posting photos, trip highlights, random ruminations and the > occasional iPod playlist on the Drive Beyond Oil blog at > http://drivebeyondoil.typepad.com/. They'd love to hear from you (really, > they're pretty much sick of each other by now), so please check the blog > often > between now and the 11th and post your comments and questions. > > ========================== > Updates on Previous Alerts > ========================== > > 1. NATIONAL FOREST PROTECTIONS > During the past several years you and other online activists have sent > hundreds > of thousands of messages protesting the Bush administration's reversal of > the > 2001 " roadless rule " that banned logging and roadbuilding in the last > pristine > wild areas of our national forests. Although the administration has > refused to > budge, on September 20th a federal judge rejected its policy that allowed > logging roads in the formerly protected forests and reinstated the > roadless > rule. This wonderful news means that, for now at least, some 50 million > acres > of wild forest areas will remain protected from logging threats. The > administration has announced that it is considering its legal options, so > this > is by no means the end of the story; we'll keep you posted on future > developments as they occur. > > 2. WESTERN ARCTIC RESERVE > In August we asked you to urge the Bush administration to cancel the sale > of > oil and gas drilling leases in the sensitive wetlands surrounding > Teshekpuk > Lake in Alaska's Western Arctic Reserve. You sent almost 12,500 messages > to > Interior Secretary Kempthorne (thank you!), and although the > administration had > intended to proceed with the lease sales, we're pleased to report that, on > September 25th (two days before the lease sales were scheduled to occur), > a > federal judge blocked the sales on the grounds that the administration's > environmental studies did not consider how leasing would affect the > reserve and > its wildlife. While the Teshekpuk Lake region is safe for now, the > administration intends to eventually go back to court with a revised plan > to > proceed with the lease sales, so stay tuned. > > ======================== > Subscription Information > ======================== > > NRDC distributes a number of bulletins by email. To subscribe to any or > all of > them, go to: > http://www.nrdcaction.org/join/subscribe.asp > > If you already subscribe and want to change your subscriptions or update > your > email address or other information, go to: > http://www.nrdcaction.org/profileeditor > > You may also unsubscribe from Earth Action by sending an email message to > earthaction@... with REMOVE in the subject line. > > ========== > About NRDC > ========== > > The Natural Resources Defense Council is a nonprofit environmental > organization > with 1.2 million members and online activists, and a staff of scientists, > attorneys and environmental experts. 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