http://www.audubon.org/takeaction – for links to petitions/actions you can take for conservation issues affecting birds (and people)
The president recently signed an executive order that lifts the moratorium on drilling in the Arctic, and the the House Budget Committee has just released a draft budget that includes a provision for oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s coastal plain. Please contact your representatives to oppose this provision and keep our refuge protected. Go to http://www.defenders.org/ for links to petitions to Congress and more information on this issue and other pending federal anti-conservation actions.
There are many proposed changes pending for the National Parks, including opening them to drilling and mining, slashing their funding, and other changes that threaten the future of our national treasures. Only one example: rolling back Clean Water and salmon fishing protections for Bristol Bay in Alaska on behalf of foreign mining interests who want to develop an open-pit mine for gold & copper 15 miles from Lake Clark NP. You can read more, as well as sign up for alerts & online petitions from the National Parks Conservation Association, at https://secure.npca.org/site/SPageNavigator/joinus.html
TELL PRUITT: HANDS OFF OUR WATER!
Paris Pullout : Fight at the Ballot Box
Send an urgent letter to your members of Congress asking them to oppose efforts to open the Arctic Refuge to oil development.
Go to http://www.audubon.org/ and click on the “Take Action” button at the lower right of the page.
Save Our National Monuments From Trump
Trump Slashes Funds for Endangered Species, Environmental Protection
Protect our National Monuments
Make some monumental noise for wildlife
Sign the petition : Stop the loss of National Parks
Sign the petition: Do not cut EPA funding
Sign the petition: Stop Corporate Power Grab in Congress
Take action on the bill to terminate the EPA !!!
H.R. 861 Bill to terminate the EPA
Some articles about H.R. 861 Bill
Online Petition to Defend the EPA
House Committee on Natural Resources
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Texas Senator John Cornyn Introduces Bills to Gut Endangered Species Act
Stop the loss of National Parks
Congress Voted to Overturn the Stream Protection Rule, Voice your concern
Some Public Service Info on Recycling for Members Residing in Sussex County
Many of you may know that the county landfill in Lafayette, also known as SCMUA, is a great place to view gulls, but did you also know that it is a great place to recycle? (Imagine that!) You probably all know that county residents can bring typical recyclables like glass, aluminum, newspaper, and plastic, but SCMUA is continually adding more items that can be recycled. Cardboard, brown bags, milk/juice/other food cartons, hard styrofoam packaging materials with a #6, waste motor oil, batteries, vegetative waste, rigid plastics – these are just some of the many items they accept for recycling, and most are accepted free of charge! They even have special days each year on which they accept hazardous waste, computers, etc.for free. You can do your part to reduce waste and keep recyclables and toxins out of the landfill, not to mention lowering your trash bill, by checking their website for more information and bringing your items to SCMUA.
Tell Your Senator to Reject Nomination of Pruitt as EPA Administrator
NY Times Article
Ecowatch Article
Stop Trafficking of Endangered Species
Support the renewal of the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act
