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ACTION!
TELL THE U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE TO PROTECT WILD
BISON UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT!
Please contact the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service today!
Let them know you support James Horsley's petition.
Urge them to grant Endangered Species Act protections to the
Yellowstone bison, and strongly encourage them to reconsider
their current position not to protect wild bison and their
habitat under the Endangered Species Act.
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's finding
(PDF, 100kb) is deficient and lacking serious scientific consideration
of the full range of threats that imperil the wild American
bison's survival. The agency must be encouraged to gather
and use the “best available science” when making
their decision. Please help identify important and substantial
information that clearly demonstrates that the last wild bison,
those remaining in Yellowstone, and their native, historic
range, deserve protection under the Endangered Species Act.
Include any information you feel is important to the history
and future of wild bison in America. Submit stories, maps,
books, papers - any information we can submit to help U.S.
Fish & Wildlife Service realize that the Yellowstone herd
is, indeed, endangered, and deserving of Endangered Species
Act protection.
INFORMATION
YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE:
* Scientific, legal, historical, literary articles and books.
* Indigenous story lines on bison occupying the Plains and
Mountain ecosystems in the Greater Yellowstone region.
* Video, audio and photos.
* Population surveys, habitat maps, genetic and biological
data.
* Petitions, letters, faxes, emails,
and phone calls of support to the USFWS can make a difference
for America's last wild bison!
WILD BISON NEED INDIGENOUS
SUPPORT!
In it's finding, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service ignored
cultural significance and the life role of bison to North
America's indigenous people. First Nations must be heard.
Help us fill in the story lines of yesterday! Indigenous cultures
who evolved and coexisted with the bison can make a unique
contribution, helping fill in the many gaps that still exist,
by sharing stories, songs, and indigenous knowledge of the
bison's ancestral landscape and significance, what the people
and the land have suffered in their absence, and what their
return would mean.
SEND
YOUR COMMENTS TO:
Steve Guertin, Regional Director
Mountain-Prairie Region
Denver Federal Center
PO Box 25486
Denver CO 80225-0486
(303) 236-7920 phone
(303) 236-8295 fax
Stephen_Guertin@fws.gov
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