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| Glossy Ibis --Savannah NRW (established by President Calvin Coolidge in 1927) Photo: August 13, 2011 |
Today, I received an e-mail alert for an
important advocacy opportunity in
this letter
from the President of National Audubon, David Yarnold. In it he
explains the dire consequences that the House Bill 3009 will have on the future creation of National Wildlife Refuges (NWR). This bill would make it impossible for a President to establish any new refuges. Presently both Congress and the President have the ability to create National Wildlife Refuges. Historically, 90% of our refuges have been created by Republican and Democratic Presidents alike with nearly equal numbers established by Presidents of both parties. Also, the proposed bill, if passed, is retroactive to September 2011, essentially undoing the newly created, by President Barack Obama,
Everglades Headwaters National Wildlife Refuge.
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| Bottled-Nose Dolphin -- Cape Romain NWR (established by President Herbert Hoover in 1930) -- Photo by Carl Miller, February 27, 2011 |
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| Big American Alligator -- Bulls Island in the Cape Romain NWR (established by President Herbert Hoover in 1930) -- Photo taken on February 27, 2011 |
Our wildlife refuges provide a network of protected habitat to hundreds of species of animals and plants as well as clean air and clean water environments and fabulous outdoor recreational and educational opportunities. I encourage you to visit the
National Wildlife Refuge System site to learn more about how important they are to the protection of wildlife, our environment, our natural resources and American life outdoors.
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| Myself & Andy Harrison birdwatching & photographing wildlife on Bulls
Island in the Cape Romain NWR (established by President Herbert Hoover in 1930) -- Photo by Carl Miller, February 27,
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| Naturalist from Coastal Expeditions, company providing ferry service to Bulls Island, explaining the estuary of the Cape Romain NWR (established in 1930 by President Herbert Hoover) to visitors -- May 27, 2012 |
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| Patrick McMillan, naturalist and conservationist of Clemson University and the PBS show Expeditions, explaining the beneficial properties of the leaves of the Toothache Tree to a group of visitors on Bulls Island for a fund-raiser for the Cape Romain NWR (established by President Herbert Hoover in 1930) -- Photo taken May 27, 2012. |
Let's consider for a moment our National Wildlife Refuges (NWR) here close at home in the Carolinas. As I perused a list of our National Wildlife Refuges in our 2 states, not one of them had been established by Congress. After you contemplate the richness of these South Carolina National Wildlife Refuges portrayed via the photos in this blog, please remember that it is because of the Power of the Office of the President to establish refuges that we have such a rich outdoor heritage today. We need to continue to protect more land to ensure that we have such places and wildlife for generations to come.
I hope you will read David Yarnold's letter and then
write to your Representative in the House asking him/her to oppose this bill for the sake
of our nation's valuable natural resources.
More photos from the Cape Romain NWR ....
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| Peregrine Falcon -- Cape Romain NWR (established by President Herbert Hoover in 1930) -- Photo: February 27, 2011 |
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| Jack's Creek, Bulls Island -- Cape Romain NWR (established by President Herbert Hoover in 1930) -- Photo: June 14, 2012 |
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| Boneyard Beach, Bulls Island -- Cape Romain NWR (established by President Herbert Hoover in 1930) -- Photo: May 27, 2012 |
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| The black subspecies of the Fox Squirrel -- Bulls Island -- Cape Romain NWR (established by President Herbert Hoover in 1930) -- Photo: June 14, 2012 |
Photos from the ACE Basin NWR ....
Photos from Santee NWR ....
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| Green Winged Teal -- Santee NWR(established in 1942 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt) -- Photo taken during the 2009 Christmas Bird Count -- December 26, 2009 |
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| Red-Winged Blackbirds and American Coots -- Santee NWR (established in 1942 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt) -- Photo taken during the 2009 Christmas Bird Count -- December 26, 2009 |
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| American Bald Eagle -- Santee NWR (established in 1942 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt) -- Photo taken during the 2011 Christmas Bird Count -- December 22, 2011 |
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| Birders -- Santee NWR (established in 1942 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt) -- Photo
taken during the 2011 Christmas Bird Count -- December 22, 2011 |
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| Santee NWR (established in 1942 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt) -- Photo
taken during the 2011 Christmas Bird Count -- December 22, 2011 |
Photos from Pinckney Island NWR ....
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| Doe and Fawn White-Tailed Deer -- Pinckney Island NWR (established in 1975 by President Gerald R. Ford) -- Photo taken June 8, 2012 |
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| White Ibis -- Pinckney Island NWR (established in 1975 by President Gerald R. Ford) -- Photo taken June 8, 2012 |
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| Juvenile Little Blue Heron & Passion Flower -- Pinckney Island NWR (established in 1975 by President Gerald R. Ford) -- Photo taken June 8, 2012 |
I hope these photos have inspired you to
write your Representative in Congress to urge him or her to vote NO on House Bill 3009 which proposes to eliminate the President's ability to create National Wildlife Refuges.
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