The USDA Predator Control Program is woefully outdated and often at odds with conservation measures in use by other federal and state wildlife management agencies.

Aldai Stevenson says: "We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship, dependent on its vulnerable resources of air and soil, our safety is conditional on peace and security on this spaceship.We succeed not to be annihilated due to the care, effort and love we give to our fragile vehicle. "The greed of the corporations must come to an end. We want a healthy planet for us and our children.

BILL McKIBBEN, founder of 350.org, tweeted, “To deal with climate change, we have to mobilize like its World War III.” It is my honor to present a formula for mobilizing. Economist Jeffrey Sachs wrote “As citizens of the world, our job now is to demand peace through diplomacy, and through global, regional, and national initiatives to address the scourges of poverty, disease, and environmental degradation.” http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/jeffrey-d-sachs-on-why-global-instability-today-does-not-have-to-end-as-badly-as-it-did-in-1914 WE can demand diplomacy by promoting a GMofNV. The plans are ready! We must UNITE now for many reasons but especially because violence is escalating everywhere. There is still time to enact this strategy if specific elements are in place within the next three weeks. The obstacles to create change are enormous – I call a Behemoth. Therefore something special and different is needed – a David vs. Goliath! Please see two letters sent to BILL McKIBBEN . http://gsofnv.org/LettertoBillMcKibben5-20-14.html http://gsofnv.org/LettertoBillMcKibben8-22-14.html Please sign this petition "before" we are desperate. We must be proactive! The DOOR is OPEN! We must go through it. Thank you. Peace and Love, Andre Sheldon Andre Sheldon Director, Global Strategy of Nonviolence Facilitator, CALL to WOMEN, a World-Wide Unity Campaign Home number: +1-617- 964-5267 Email: [email protected] Website: www.GlobalStrategyofNonviolence.org Facebook: Global Movement of Nonviolence

I am starting this petition because the environment is important to me. The Arctic is a beautiful area that is home to many animals, and it needs to be protected.

Fresh water to preserve the ecological health of the Bay Delta and other sensitive ecosystems can only vanish at an ever-accelerating rate with global climate change. Foolish wasteful unthinking practices of water use MUST be replaced by thoughtful, CONSERVATIVE use of our resources. If we cannot change, the entire state will become a desert and the oceans, deprived of fresh water inflow, will become saline to the point of toxicity. There is another way.

Help protect the defenseless animals whose only home in the Arctic is being destroyed faster than they can adapt. They need our help, our protection, because they are stuck in a situation they have no say in. Polar bears are being stranded out in the open ocean in broken ice that will soon melt and swim for days until they find a bigger piece of ice, some die from exhaustion. Whales are also under persecution by whaling boats, these whales cannot sustain their populations from mass slaughter, help these animals survive these hard times.

Our elected officials have been busy making laws that benefit big corporations and hurt the people of Oregon, our ecosystems, and our water quality and availability. Tell the Sierra Club not to co-sign this green wash by candidates running for re-election. Tell them not to endorse people who choose money over fairness and nature ...even when those people are Democrats.

In the next few weeks, the Oregon League of Conservation Voters will be endorsing political candidates running in elections in November. Oregon's elected officials have made drastic attacks on our public forests that will benefit a handful of wealthy corporate timber families while costing the rest of us clean air, fresh water, and the beauty of the Oregon outdoor lifestyle. The OLCV needs encouragement to refrain from co-signing the green wash we are being sold by these politicians.

Concerned Citizens Against the Pipeline represents community groups up and down the proposed path of the PennEast pipeline who oppose its construction. Pipelines pose significant safety hazards, destroy woodlands, and contaminate waterways. For property owners, the most immediate impact of pipelines is vulnerability to eminent domain. Local governments can't step in to help. They are exempt from the siting process under federal rules. The PennEast pipeline is a bad deal for everyone on its path.

The Arctic is an amazing place, home to whales, polar bears, and other amazing creatures. We need to act now to protect it for future generations.

I first wrote the Mayor and City Commissioners on June 22, 2014 in regards to a jetty pollution/smell issue at Smather's Beach. I received respectful and much-appreciated emails back from Mr. Wardlow & Mr. Weekley, for which I am grateful. Mr. Wardlow forwarded my letter to Public Works, from which in turn I received a dismissive email response that didn't at all address or attempt to resolve the issue. Please see below for my original email nearly 2 months ago and my responses from Mr. Wardlow (thank you) and Mr. Greg Veliz. This area has continued to smell and be an eyesore. This issue also happens not just during the summer, but during the other 3 seasons as well. It just is at its worst "smell-wise" in the hot summer months. This area is filthy 365 days a year, except for the infrequent, very few days when the trucks come and pick up some (never all) of the trash/seaweed. This was a problem well before I moved to my current location across from Smather's Beach 6 years ago. I have lived in Key West for over 25 years, where both my children were born and raised. My issue remains unsolved. My issue, again, is the jetty that is situated at the furthest east end of Smather's Beach, near the airport, on S. Roosevelt Blvd. across from the bridal path. This area is located in both districts 3 and 4, I believe. This jetty collects massive amounts of seaweed and trash, and my issue is how infrequently it is cleaned. When I heard back from the two commissioners, one shared my concern. Commissioner Weekley (thank you) even told me he took the other commissioners to that spot once to let them witness this smell and eyesore. When I received an email back from Public Works, the email said the beaches were cleaned 365 days a year and the trash and seaweed collected there was blamed on the summer winds. I am not talking about the beaches being cleaned, which I am aware includes raking or cleaning the beaches every morning. I am well aware that a truck comes on a too infrequent basis and picks up this seaweed and trash that collects by this jetty. My issue, and the issue of my neighbors and neighboring Sheraton Hotel and Best Western and the issue of every tourist and Key West citizen who walks along S. Roosevelt Blvd., is that this seaweed pick-up is not frequent enough and not thorough enough. Any one of us could take a walk or bike ride tomorrow night, or any night or day, along S. Roosevelt from the airport to the start of Smather's Beach and we would: 1. Gag on the SMELL, which the rotting seaweed and TRASH are emitting. This is unhealthy to breathe in. We can get scientists to prove that the ammonia released by this is unhealthy for humans to breathe. 2. Be disgusted by the SIGHT of all the trash there and think that Key West is a city that doesn't care about it's cleanliness. 3. Not in any way want to TOUCH our feet or body in the water by wading into our ocean in this area, due to the filth. I'm not just talking about the seaweed, which of course I realize is natural, but the trash that collects in it and sits there for weeks at a time. 4. NOT want to live in my condo complex at Key West By the Sea, because the stench can be smelled from even the back C buildings every time one steps outside or opens a window. This stench and eyesore also hurts our property values. No way could anyone sell a condo here in the summertime; no buyer, unless they had lost their sense of smell, would buy here at that time. The majority of tourists would also not choose to stay at The Sheraton, again, and probably not the Best Western, Doubletree or any motels/hotels along S. Roosevelt, especially any tourist who chose to take a walk to Smather's Beach from their motel, as I imagine a huge percentage of them do. 5. Wonder if this pollution and garbage were unhealthy for the sea life as well, including our sea turtles. I am sure we could get scientists to prove this as well. I realize the Homeless population is a huge issue this election, and I am not complaining at this point about the number of homeless on Smather's or Higgs Beaches. This problem with the jetty trash and pollution is just as big as an issue as the Homeless issue. I do intend to follow this up with a petition signed by all my neighbors and board members of Key West by The Sea as well as the management of Sheraton Hotel and the hotels/motels by the airport, as well as every concerned citizen I can find in Key West. I am now semi-retired and have the time to do this and intend to focus on this until the November election and beyond. I just submitted this email to the Key West Citizen and I intend to see if I can get this issue and petition in the paper (update: it was in today's paper dated 8/20/14). I also intend to stop everyone I see walking on the beach, tourist and locals alike, to sign this petition, which I have already drawn up and made sure it is legally binding. I intend to ask to be placed on the agenda for up-coming city and county commission meetings (update: I was allowed to speak for 3 minutes at last night's, 8/19/20, commission meeting and am being sponsored by 3 of our commissioners: Wardlow, Weekley and Vaniz (thank you!!!), to be placed on the agenda for the next meeting on 9/3/14.) In conclusion, this jetty is often the first thing all Key West visitors see when they leave the Key West airport. It does not make a good impression on 3 out of our 5 senses. I personally have had friends and relatives visit who commented such things as "Why doesn't Key West care enough to keep this area clean on a daily basis?" I realize cleaning this area on a more frequent basis, in a thorough manner (which means completely at each seaweed/trash pickup) on, for example, a twice a week basis, will cost money. As a taxpayer, I, and many others, believe it will be money well spent. There is no doubt in my mind that Key West is losing tourist dollars due to this eyesore and smell. I also would like to believe that...

In addition to being a unique and beautiful place on its own terms, the Arctic has a strong influence on weather worldwide. Protecting it is a matter of survival not just for polar bears, but for all of us.