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Stop Extinction Challenge
August 20, 2020
A partnership with Endangered Species Coalition

The earth is suffering a devastating mass extinction caused by human activities. Meanwhile, we face a deadly global pandemic caused by the exploitation of wildlife in illegal trade and trafficking.
 
Damaged ecosystems, shrinking habitat, and blocked wildlife corridors are decimating the planet’s biodiversity and will only increase the likelihood of another pandemic

Join a virtual lobby meeting with your senator’s office on August 20 to speak out against extinction and express how you value plants, wildlife, and aquatic creatures—and the laws that protect them.

Congress is likely to vote on important bills such as the PAW & FIN Conservation Act (HR 4348) and Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act (HR 2795) after their August recess.

Tell senators we expect them to protect our country’s flora and fauna and defend the National Environmental Policy Act and the Endangered Species Act.
 
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Get Salmon Out of Hot Water!
 
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a draft rule that would cap the maximum temperature limit for the Columbia and lower Snake Rivers.

Elevated water temperatures in the slack water held back by the dams kill migrating salmon.
 
This draft rule is in response to the state of Washington using their authority under Clean Water Act Section 401 to deny a water quality permit to the dams because of excessive temperatures in both rivers.

Let's give our wild salmon a fighting chance! Tell the EPA we must keep temperatures down to save salmon.
 
Comment by 5 pm Pacific Time on August 20
All comments must be sent by email to ColumbiaRiverTMDL@epa.gov

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Comment by 5 pm
(Pacific Time)
on August 20

All comments must be sent by email to ColumbiaRiverTMDL@epa.gov


Personalize your comments for the greatest impact and please tell us about it when you comment on action alert issues!
Pebble Mine Threatens Ecosystem & Subsistence Fishing

The proposed Pebble Mine in western Alaska is one more short-sighted mining project that puts a critical watershed at risk. The mine would be the largest of its type in North America as well as one of the largest in the world!

Mining waste would impact nearby Bristol Bay, which produces about half the world’s sockeye salmon and serves as an important subsistence source for several regional tribes.

The Army Corps of Engineers is pulling a fast one and is rushing to push this project through prior to the elections. The agency is expected to publish a final version of an Environmental Impact Statement in the next two weeks.

The agency says there will be NO opportunity for public comment.

Contact EPA Administrator Christopher Hladick and ask the EPA to use its 404(c) Clean Water Act authority to VETO this project!

Phone: 800-424-4372 or 206-553-1234

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Great American Outdoors Act Succeeds
In a surprise move (could there be an election around the corner?) the Great American Outdoors Act was passed and signed into law by Trump.

This is a huge victory for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which now has full fiscal support with $900 million in annual funding. An additional $12 billion was allotted to address the horrendous maintenance backlog at national parks and other public lands.

As a long-running campaign for Broads and others, this win calls for a celebration!
Stop Pendley’s Confirmation
 
William Perry Pendley has not yet been confirmed by the Senate to be the permanent director of the Bureau of Land Management.

Upcoming elections may sway Senate Republicans from confirming him, so there is a good opportunity to influence this decision.

Contact your Senators and urge them to PASS on Pendley! His confirmation is NOT in the best interest of our public lands!
Great Old Broads for Wilderness
is a 501(c)3 organization.
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