[tn-bird] $$ Value of Red-tailed Hawks and Black Vultures
- From: "Charles P. Nicholson" <cpnichol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "TN-Bird Listserve (E-mail)" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 19:13:55 -0400
In West TN cotton country, $15,000 each, assuming prosecutors are
successful. Following is a recent news release from the US Fish and
Wildlife Service.
Tennessee Man Arrested for Misuse ofPesticide
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 24, 2002
Contact:
Jim Rothschild, 404/679-7291
On Monday, July 22, Donald Ray Keel, a 57-year-old farm worker from Atwood,
Tennessee, was arrested by a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Special Agent
<http://law.fws.gov> for his misuse of the pesticide Temik that resulted in
the deaths of seven red-tailed hawks and two black vultures.
The arrest follows Keel's indictment on Thursday, July 18, by a Federal
Grand Jury in the Western District of Tennessee. Keel is charged with nine
counts of violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act
<http://laws.fws.gov/lawsdigest/migtrea.html> (MBTA) for unlawful take of
the raptors and one count of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Temik is a restricted pesticide that is often used
in cotton fields. If convicted of violating the MBTA, Keel faces up to 4 and
a half years imprisonment (6 months imprisonment per count) and/or up to a
$135,000 fine ($15,000 per count). If convicted of violating FIFRA, he could
receive up to one-year imprisonment and/or a fine of up to $100,000.
According to Sam D. Hamilton, Southeast Regional Director
<http://southeast.fws.gov> of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, this was
the first indictment achieved by the Western Tennessee Environmental Task
Force. The task force is a coalition of state, federal and local law
enforcement organizations and prosecutors' offices.
"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
<http://www.state.tn.us/twra/>, and the Environmental Protection Agency
<http://www.epa.gov/> were among those involved in the investigation of this
case," said Hamilton. "In the future, this task force will continue to
investigate and prosecute criminal violations of environmental laws in
western Tennessee counties between the Mississippi and Tennessee Rivers."
Other State, Federal, and local agencies and offices participating in The
Western Tennessee Environmental Task Force include the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI), the Coast Guard, the Corps of Engineers, the Tennessee
Bureau of Investigation, the Tennessee Department of Environment and
Conservation, and the Tennessee Department of Transportation. Also involved
are the United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of
Tennessee, the Tennessee Attorney General's Office, and the District
Attorney General for the 30th Judicial District, as well as the Memphis
police and fire departments.
Please visit the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Region website at
<http://southeast.fws.gov>
Chuck Nicholson
Norris, TN
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Servic
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