[TN-Bird] Bird Die-Off in Klamath Basin - Please Write to SecretarySalazar
- From: "Dick Preston" <dickpreston@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 12:05:52 -0500
May 4, 2012
For those who desire to comment:
We just sent the alert below to our supporters about the massive bird die-off
in the Klamath Basin. Hope you’ll take a few minutes to send an email to
Secretary Salazar. You can send an email using the links below or
feedback@xxxxxxxxxxxx If you send your message through our action center, it
will help us to keep track of how many people are sending letters (2,200+ and
counting in the 30 minutes since we’ve sent the alert).
Liz Pomper
Director of Online Outreach
National Audubon Society
1150 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 600
Washington DC 20036
lpomper@xxxxxxxxxxx
AUDUBON ACTION ALERT
More than 20,000 birds have already died in the Lower Klamath National Wildlife
Refuge (located on the Oregon-California border) as water levels reach
dangerously low levels. The Refuge is widely considered the most important
habitat for migratory waterfowl in the Lower 48, and yet the U.S. Bureau of
Reclamation has failed to provide adequate water to support the millions of
birds arriving for spring migration. With more than two million birds forced to
bunch together in the
remaining wetlands, an outbreak of avian cholera has caused the massive die-off.
***Take Action***
Please send an email to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar. Ask him to
direct the Bureau to send more water to the Refuge to avert a major disaster
for birds:
http://www.audubonaction.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=1275
The Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge is a national treasure. It was the
nation's first waterfowl refuge when it was established in 1908 by President
Theodore Roosevelt. And its importance has never waned. Approximately 40
percent of the migratory waterfowl in the Pacific Flyway depend on this Refuge
during spring and fall
migrations. It hosts the largest concentration of wintering Bald Eagles south
of Canada and harbors more than 80 species that are listed as sensitive,
threatened or endangered.
Dick Preston
Munford
Tipton County, TN
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