Re: BC govt. agrees, it deserves "F" on end. species report card

• Subject: Re: BC govt. agrees, it deserves "F" on end. species report card
• From: "H.P. Nooteboom" <nooteboom@rulrhb.leidenuniv.nl>
• Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 12:16:51 +0200
• Approved-By: "H.P. Nooteboom" <nooteboom@RULRHB.LEIDENUNIV.NL>
• In-Reply-To: <008401bde8f2$b6581f00$1d307118@pmoore.ns.bc.rogers.wave.ca >
• Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19981002121651.009608c0@rhbcml.leidenuniv.nl>

At 19:09 25-9-98 -0700, Patrick Moore wrote:
>The "document" that was leaked was not a BC government document but rather a
>politically motivated letter written by one individual in the government.
>Only four vertebrate species have ever become extinct in BC, three small
>fish that were purposely poisoned out of lakes in the 1930's so rainbow
>trout could be stocked in them and the passenger pigeon which was an
>infrequent visitor before they were all shot in the US. BC has half the
>population of grizzly bears in North America (10-13-000) and there are an
>estimated 50,000 marbled murrelets on the BC coast.
>
>Cheers
>pmoore@rogers.wave.ca
>Patrick Moore, Greenspirit
>Please visit www.greenspirit.com
>"May the forest be with you"
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: DavidOrr@aol.com <DavidOrr@aol.com>
>To: FOREST@listserv.funet.fi <FOREST@listserv.funet.fi>
>Date: Thursday, September 24, 1998 10:29 PM
>Subject: BC govt. agrees, it deserves "F" on end. species report card
>
>
>GREENLines, Thursday, Sept. 24, 1998 from GREEN,
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>the GrassRoots Environmental Effectiveness Network,
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>A project of Defenders of Wildlife
>
>(505) 277-8302 or E-mail rfeather@defenders.org
>
>© GREEN/Defenders of Wildlife 1998
>
>
>BC DESERVES "F":  An internal document leaked by the government of
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>British Columbia agrees with a failing grade awarded to the province in
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>last year's National Report Card on Endangered Species Protection, says
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>a British Columbia Endangered Species Coalition press release.  An
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>internal Ministry of Environment briefing note concludes, "until the
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>issues noted above are adequately addressed, BC will be in a weak
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>position to contradict the `F' grade or prevent further intrusion."
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>Kevin Scott, of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society said the
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>document "drives home the urgent need for strong federal endangered
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>species legislation.  Otherwise the future looks bleak for species of
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>international concern like the grizzly bear and the marbled murrelet."
>
>

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