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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.aol.com>,
"WRYTING-L : Writing and Theory across Disciplines" <WRYTING-L@LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA>
Subject: Protest Manatee Downlisting! (fwd) - please act... - Alan
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 22:13:01 -0400 (EDT)
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 18:30:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Save the Manatee Club <action@savethemanatee.org> Reply-To: Save the Manatee Club <reply.96944.81566192.1212041169242547758-sondheim_gmail.com@en.groundspring .org> To: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@gmail.com> Subject: Protest Manatee Downlisting! ACTION BY STATE AGENCY PUTS MANATEES IN GREAT JEOPARDY WE NEED YOUR IMMEDIATE HELP! Hi Alan, Despite a huge public outcry, on June 7, the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) voted unanimously to downlist manatees from Endangered to Threatened status. This action has little to do with how manatees are actually faring in the wild and everything to do with pressure from developers, the marine industries, and go-fast boaters. The FWC has projected that the manatee population could plummet to half its numbers within the foreseeable future. Now, boat speed zones can be rolled back, and marina and coastal development can move forward at an even faster pace. More and more boats will gain access to Florida's already overcrowded and dangerous waterways, and there will be more pollution from stormwater runoff. Although the FWC is vehemently denying that the manatee's Threatened status will result in less protection, this is emphatically untrue, and a marine industry representative speaking at the FWC meeting was already asking for the boat speed zones to be reviewed for weakening protections. Save the Manatee Club, along with 16 other organizations, has filed a legal petition asking the FWC to fix its imperiled species classification system. WHAT YOU CAN DO: -Please help protect manatees by sending a quick and easy online letter to FWC's executive director, Ken Haddad, the FWC commissioners, and Florida Governor Jeb Bush. The e-mail protests the manatee's reclassification and asks the FWC to accept our legal petition to fix its imperiled species classification system. You can also get more background information on this issue. Just click on the link below: http://www.savethemanatee.org/actionalert.cfm?id=15 -Please make a donation now. You will be helping us do whatever it takes to defend manatees from a self-serving politically driven process that not only devalues these beloved animals, but also puts all of Florida's imperiled wildlife at greater risk. http://www.savethemanatee.org/shop/donate.cfm?dept_id=591?dept_id=591 -Please forward this e-mail to as many people as you can. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You are subscribed to Save the Manatee Club's Action Alert List as sondheim@gmail.com. To unsubscribe, send email to unsubscribe.96944.81566192.1212041169242547758-sondheim_gmail.com@en.groundspring.org. If you want to change your e-mail address, please e-mail us at action@savethemanatee.org. Sign Up for our free Paddle Tales E-Newsletter! Go to http://www.savethemanatee.org/enews_signup.htm Our postal address is 500 N. Maitland Ave. Maitland, Florida 32751 United States ABOUT SMC Save the Manatee Club is a nonprofit organization founded in 1981 by former Florida Governor Bob Graham and singer Jimmy Buffett. To learn more about manatees and our work, go to http://www.savethemanatee.org JOIN US! Adopt-A-Manatee and join Save the Manatee Club. Your contribution will support our work to help protect endangered manatees and their habitat. For more information, go to http://www.savethemanatee.org/adoptpag.htm PASS IT ALONG Help spread the word about manatees! Please forward this message to your family and friends. If you got this message from a friend, sign up to receive our Action Alerts at our Take Action page at http://www.savethemanatee.org/action.htm QUESTIONS? You can get updates on Action Alert issues by visiting the Take Action page of our web site. If you have additional questions, please e-mail us at action@savethemanatee.org