The State of Oregon is proceeding with a plan to conduct a
study that would kill up to 32 mountain lions in two study
areas to determine if reducing mountain lions would affect
declining elk populations. This is despite an overwhelming
number of public comments against such an outrageous
proposal. This so-called study is a thinly veiled ruse to
artificially manipulate game populations for the benefit of
human hunters.
The US Fish and Wildlife Service has issued a finding of No
Significant Impact under the National Environmental Policy
Act for the study. Money for the program is expected to be
comprised of 75% federal Wildlife Restoration Program funds.
The news release from USF&W can be found here. View the
Environmental Assessment here.
A group of concerned conservation groups – Save Our
Forest And Ranchlands, Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center,
Predator Conservation Alliance, Mountain Lion Foundation,
Animal Protection Institute, and The Fund for Animals – has
banded together to actively oppose this atrocity
What you can do:
Please write letters immediately to the US Fish and Wildlife
Service, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, and
Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber, Senator Ron Wyden and
Senator Gordon Smith expressing your outrage and asking
that they actively oppose this waste of tax dollars for a
murderous and unnecessary “study.” Time is of the essence!
Bruce Johnson
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
1401 Gekeler Lane
La Grande, OR 97850
Phone: 541/962-6556
Fax: 541/962-6504
Department of the Interior
US Fish and Wildlife Service
911 NE 11th Ave.
Portland, OR 97232-4181
Phone: 503/231-6121
Fax: 503/231-2122
Contact: Verlyn Ebert, Federal Aid Office,
Phone: 503/231-6128
Email: Verlyn_Ebert@r1.fws.gov
Governor John Kitzhaber
State Capitol
Salem, OR 97301
Phone: 503/378-5482
Fax: 503/378-4863
Senator Ron Wyden
516 Hart Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202/224-5244
Fax: 202/228-2717
Senator Gordon Smith
404 Russell Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202/224-3753
Fax: 202/228-3997
Email: oregon@gsmith.senate.gov
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