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Action AlertEndangered Species Act ReformH.R. 3824Threatened and Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2005 (TESRA) H.R. 3824, To amend and reauthorize the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide greater results conserving and recovering listed species, and for other purposes. Current Status:H.R. 3824 (TESRA) approved by House. The measure now goes to the Senate for consideration. In order for a bill to reach the floor in the Senate, it must first get through the Fish, Wildlife and Water Subcommittee. The chairman of the Senate subcommittee who oversees the issue - Rhode Island Republican Lincoln Chafee - is a moderate with a markedly green record and a tough re-election race coming up. Action Alerts:Step #3 Approved by House -
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"After three decades of implementation, the ESA has only recovered 10 of the roughly 1,300 species on its list," said Chairman Pombo. "What it has done instead is create conflict, bureaucracy and rampant litigation. It's time to do better. Without meaningful improvements, the ESA will remain a failed managed care program that checks species in but never checks them out. This bill will remove the impediments to cooperation that have prevented us from achieving real results for species recovery in the last 30 years."
"I
am pleased to join my colleagues, Chairman Richard Pombo and Congressman Greg
Walden to announce the introduction of the 'Threatened and Endangered Species
Recovery Act'," said Rep. Cardoza.
"Over the past 30 years since its introduction, the Endangered Species
Act has gone far off course from its original intent. Today, lawsuits and
court mandates dictate species recovery, not science. This new bill puts more
resources towards recovering species while at the same time creating
transparency for those landowners whose land may be needed for species
conservation."
Cardoza continued, "I believe this bill is an innovative approach to
solving the problems with the Act that I have been working on for the last two
and a half years and I look forward to moving this bill quickly though
Congress"
Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR):
"This 32-year old law needs the fix we're offering in a bi-partisan way today. It's time to make the federal agencies charged with administering this law open up their process to the public. It's time to set standards to make sure the data they use represent the best scientific data available. It's time to reach out to private property owners and states to protect their rights and encourage their participation in recovery efforts. And it's time to make sure no region of the country ever suffers again as the Klamath Basin did when faulty decisions by the government led to disaster."
Rep. Joe Baca (D-CA):
"This legislation is important for Inland Empire communities. By removing burdensome regulations and disincentives for landowners and providing compensation for land that cannot be used for development, this legislation will allow our communities to benefit and to create jobs."
Rep. George Radanovich (R-CA):
"I commend Chairman Pombo for all of his hard work in developing this crucial bipartisan legislation to improve the Endangered Species Act (ESA). I am proud to be a cosponsor of the bill, which will bring commonsense to the implementation of the ESA in my congressional district, our state, and the nation."
"We have learned a lot since passage of the ESA in 1973. As a result of the lessons we've learned, Chairman Pombo's bill includes language to better protect and recover species in need. It also encourages landowners to safeguard species on their property. Instead of being punished, as they often are under the current ESA, property owners will be respected and provided incentives to protect species under this bill."
Original Cosponsor of H.R. 3824
Republicans Democrats Mr. Pombo
Mr. Cardoza Mr. Walden Mr. Berry Mr. Radanovich Mr. Ross Mrs. Cubin Mr. Baca Mr. Gibbons Mr. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi Miss McMorris Mr. Costa Mr. Henry Brown of South Carolina Mr. Graves
How to contact Senator Chafee:
Washington DC Address: The Honorable Lincoln D. Chafee
United States Senate
141A Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510-3903Washington DC Phone: 202-224-2921 Washington DC Fax: 202-228-2853 Email Address: http://chafee.senate.gov/webform.htm WWW Homepage: http://chafee.senate.gov/
ORBA President testifies to congress on Endangered Species Act - Off Road Business Association
Make the ESA workable for people, animals - Jay Lehr, Ph.D.
Editorial: "ESA has a zero percent rate of success" - Rep. Richard Pombo
Rep. Cardoza's Critical Habitat Enhancement Measure Receives Strong Support
The Endangered Species Act: Thirty years of Endangering People and Animals is Enough - Peyton Knight
The Endangered Species Act has:
The Endangered Species Act has failed in large part because it has engendered a regulatory regime that has:
We therefore support replacing current law with an Endangered Species Act based upon these principles:
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