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Re: Poisoning Red-winged Blackbirds



You're welcome!
PLEASE REMEMBER TO WRITE, NOT EMAIL!  I've learned that email messages "do
not count" to govt. officials.Sample letter and address are below, for those
that missed it.


Russ P.

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Russ Palmeri
Asheville, North Carolina
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Looking at her
Looking at me
Female Common Yellowthroat!


----- Original Message -----
From: "Toni S. Rexrode" <TRexrode@nc.rr.com>
To: "Carolina Bird Club" <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 6:38 PM
Subject: Re: Poisoning Red-winged Blackbirds


> Carolina birders,
>
> There was an article about this in the News & Observer last weekend...
> either Saturday (I think it was Sat) or possibly Sunday - if anyone is
> interested in learning more.   Russ ... thanks for showing us a way to
voice
> our disapprovals!
>
> I wonder how many other species of wildlife will be affected as well?
And
> what about the runoff into the watershed?    Nothing is ever simple.
>
> Toni
> ____________________________
> Toni Rexrode
> Durham, NC
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Russ Palmeri" <rpalmeri@mindspring.com>
> To: "Carolina Bird Club" <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
> Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2001 10:09 AM
> Subject: Poisoning Red-winged Blackbirds
>
>
> > I recently received a mailing from the Audubon Society concerning the
> USDA's
> > plan to poison two million Red-winged Blackbirds in order to protect the
> > sunflower seed crop. Besides the targeted Blackbirds, 86 other species
of
> > bird will also die a lingering death, including several species of
> > already-declining grassland birds.
> >
> > The address of the Secretary of the USDA, Ann Veneman and my letter to
her
> > is included in this email below. > >
> >
> > Ann Veneman, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
> > U.S. Department of Agriculture
> > 14th & Independence Ave., SW
> > Washington, DC 20250
> >
> >
> >
> > Dear Secretary Veneman,
> >
> >
> > I am outraged that the US Department of Agriculture plans to poison two
> > million Red-winged Blackbirds annually over the next three years to
reduce
> > their consumption of sunflower seeds. There is no proof that this poison
> > will not kill other birds including grassland species already in serious
> > decline.
> >
> > I strongly oppose the USDA's bird poisoning plan, and suggest
alternative,
> > non-lethal methods of crop protection.
> >
> > We must learn to live with the other species that share our planet!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ***********************************
> > Russ Palmeri
> > Asheville, North Carolina
> > ***********************************
> > Fog and rain, the sky
> > touching the new green treetops,
> > a lone warbler sings
> >
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