To: The Pennsylvania State House
Protect PA's Endangered Species: Stop HB 1576
Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania
PA State House Members:
Vote no on HB 1576. This bill will gut the endangered species act in the state. It is opposed by the scientists on the Pennsylvania Game Commission and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. We need to protect species in our state, not give a free pass to the oil and gas industry to destroy their habitats. Decisions about endangered species should be made by scientists, and I ask you to leave these decisions in the hands best qualified to make them.
Vote no on HB 1576. This bill will gut the endangered species act in the state. It is opposed by the scientists on the Pennsylvania Game Commission and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. We need to protect species in our state, not give a free pass to the oil and gas industry to destroy their habitats. Decisions about endangered species should be made by scientists, and I ask you to leave these decisions in the hands best qualified to make them.
Why is this important?
Rep. Mindy Fee is pushing a bill that will gut protections for endangered species in Pennsylvania – taking the decision about which species are endangered away from scientists and handing it directly to politicians. Her bill has the support of the oil, gas, and coal industry lobbyists. If those guys are on your side, it’s pretty clear that this bill is bad news for endangered species.
Fee’s bill, HB 1576, is opposed by the scientists on the Pennsylvania Game Commission and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. Many fisherman and hunters have also expressed strong opposition. In spite of this strong, evidence based opposition, HB 1576 already sailed though its first committee and is headed for the floor.
We must stop HB 1576 from gutting the endangered species act before it gets any further.
Fee’s bill, HB 1576, is opposed by the scientists on the Pennsylvania Game Commission and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. Many fisherman and hunters have also expressed strong opposition. In spite of this strong, evidence based opposition, HB 1576 already sailed though its first committee and is headed for the floor.
We must stop HB 1576 from gutting the endangered species act before it gets any further.