No Border Wall
As many other birder bloggers are doing, I'm posting about the completely asinine Texas Border Wall our federal government plans to install along the Rio Grande River. In the process, they're going to severely compromise and destroy sensitive habitat, and literally hand Sabal Palm Sanctuary over to Mexico. Many other natural areas and wildlife in the region will be adversely impacted and you can read about the whole awful mess at No Border Wall website and blog. It may be too late to do anything about it, but there is now an on-line petition you can sign to express disapproval of the planned destruction.
Link: Sign the Audubon Action Petition
Link: Sabal Palm Sanctuary
Link: No Texas Border Wall
posted by Mike McDowell @ 2:21 PM
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Thanks Mike. I'll pass it on.
It is critically important that birders and anyone else who cares about the environment contact their members of congress and let them know that the border walls built so far have been tremendously destructive, and those scheduled for 2008 will do even more damage. Chertoff's waiver of 36 laws, including the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Endangered Species Act, is a clear sign that he knows that the wall will violate those important laws.
Public comments about the wall are being accepted until May 16 in conjunction with the Congressional Field Hearing that was held in Brownsville, TX on April 28. Here are the guidelines:
1. Head your comments with the hearing name and date: Walls and Waivers: Expedited Construction of the Southern Border Wall and the Collateral Impacts on Communities and the Environment, April 28, 2008.
2. Do not exceed 10 pages.
3. No cover page is needed, although your name, title, and the organization that you represent (if you have one), should also be stated at the beginning of your testimony.
4. Please use typed single-space letter-size (8½ x 11) white paper.
5. Send via the postal service as they are not equipped to handle mass amounts of e-mail. The mailing address is:
Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
6. If you submit attachments or exhibits to your testimony please include them as separate items at the end of your testimony. If attachments are more than 10 pages (in addition to your original testimony) or on paper larger than 8½ x 11, they will not accept them for printing. Instead, you should paraphrase or quote as needed. If including charts, tables, maps, or photographs, they should be included on separate pages, not within the text of a page.
7. THINGS TO AVOID: Underlining, footnotes, capitalization of the whole document or solid blocks of text.
For more information go to the No Border Wall - Take Action! blog:
http://noborderwall-take-action.blogspot.com/
I believe that wall is a very stupid thing to do. Feels like going back to the Feuds, Medieval castles surrounded by stone walls... Endangering species and habitats in the process.
I tried to sign a petition but it is not available for residents outside the US and Canada, at least the one I found.
I would really appreciate it if someone could let me know if there is somewhere where non North America residents could sign a petition.
Thank you for the information - I will pass along as well!
Yay, Mike! This is a big issue for me, as I'm a native of Harlingen, TX. I sure hope we can do something to stop this wasteful and harmful project.
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