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\ SOUTHWEST BIODIVERSITY ALERT
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11-17-98
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\ SOUTHWEST CENTER FOR
BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
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\ http://www.sw-center.org
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1. REWARD FOR WOLF KILLER NOW
$35,000- TWO MORE FEMALES
RELEASED INTO WILD
2.
LETTERS NEEDED TO KEEP MOTORS OUT OF ARIZONA WILDERNESS!
3. BIODIVERSITY LAW
LECTURE AT BOALT
4. NATURAL HISTORY HIKE THROUGH EAST BAY REGIONAL
PARKS
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REWARD FOR WOLF
KILLER NOW $35,000- TWO MORE FEMALES
RELEASED INTO WILD
The U.S. Fish
& Wildlife Service is beginning to get
"credible leads" in its
investigation into the killing of
three endangered Mexican gray wolves since
a reward of
$35,000 has been offered. The agency has offered
$10,000,
Defenders of Wildlife offered $10,000, a coalition of NM
activist
groups offered $5,000, the staff of the Southwest
Center put up $5,000, and
the author of "Dances With Wolves"
has put up another $5,000.
On
November 16th, the Fish & Wildlife Service released two
more females,
hoping they will join up with the three
remaining males. Bruce Babbitt, the
Southwest Center and
Defenders of Wildlife were on hand.
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LETTERS NEEDED TO KEEP MOTORS OUT OF ARIZONA
WILDERNESS!
The Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge and Wilderness
in
southeastern Arizona is some of the wildest country in the
lower
48. More than 800,000 acres of designated wilderness
protect the heart
of one of the largest remaining intact desert
ecosystems in North America,
and provide habitat for the
critically endangered Sonoran pronghorn
antelope.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently completed a
draft
plan to guide the Refuge's management for the next 20
years.
That plan would, among other things, ratify ongoing
motorized
use by Refuge staff and others of trails inside the
Refuge.
These trails are IN wilderness, not non-wilderness
corridors.
There is virtually no other wilderness area in the
United
States where land managers routinely permit violations of
the
wilderness character of the area, or where land managers
themselves routinely
use motor vehicles in wilderness.
Call, write, fax, or email the Refuge,
tell them to protect
the Cabeza Prieta Wilderness by adopting a plan
that:
- closes ALL administrative trails in wilderness to
motorized
use; and
- prohibits ALL motorized use
within wilderness.
Don Tiller, Manager, Cabeza Prieta NWR
1611 N.
Second Ave.; Ajo, AZ 85321
Tel: 520-387-6483; Fax: 520-387-5359; email:
R2RW_CP@fws.gov.
Jamie Clark, Director, U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Service
1849 C Street NW, Room 3256, Washington, DC 20240
Tel:
202-208-4717; Fax: 202-208-6965; email:
jamie_clark@fws.gov
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BIODIVERSITY LAW LECTURE AT BOALT
On
Wednesday, November 18, Peter Galvin, Conservation
Biologist with the
Southwest Center will be the featured
lecturer at the Boalt Environmental Law
Speaker Series. His
lecture, entitled "The Battle for North America's
Wildlife:
Environmental Law and Biological Diversity" will address
how
students, activists, and lawyers can best advocate for our
imperiled
environment.
The lecture will be in Boalt Hall, Room 100 at 4:00 pm
on
the University of California Campus at Berkeley: Bancroft
Ave. between
Piedmont and College. Call (510) 841-0812 for
more information.
Reception to follow at 5:00p.m.
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JOIN US ON A NATURAL HISTORY THROUGH EAST BAY
REGIONAL PARKS
Learn about the impact of grazing on public lands during
a
natural history hike with the Southwest Center through East
Bay Regional
Parks. The Southwest Center and the Alameda Creek
Alliance have filed suit
under the California Environmental
Quality Act to protect this urban jewel
from continued
overgrazing.
To join, meet us at 10:00 a.m. on
Saturday, November 21st
in the North Berkeley BART station parking lot,
(Sacramento Ave.
side). To car pool, call (510) 841-0812 for
directions.
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Kierán
Suckling
ksuckling@sw-center.org
Executive
Director
520.623.5252 phone
Southwest Center for Biological
Diversity 520.623.9797 fax
http://www.sw-center.org
pob 710, tucson, az 85702-710