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are many things we can all do!
1). Please share information
with others within your network of friends
2). Write letters-to-the-editor
to newspapers of your choice (we can provide e-mail and postal addresses)
3). Write to the Logan
County Commissioners asking them to work equally with wildlife-friendly
landowners to conserve native wildlife (including prairie dog colonies)
as well as landowners who are not receptive to having prairie dogs on
their land. We respect the viewpoints of those neighboring landowners,
as well, and the conservation team working on this project has offered
to help them control prairie dogs on their land.
Indicate to the commissioners that if wildlife viewing opportunities
on these ranches are preserved (as the landowners want) you would like
to visit Logan County to see wildlife including Burrowing Owls, Ferruginous
Hawks, Golden Eagles, Swift Foxes and hopefully some day Black-footed
Ferrets in the wild associated with the prairie dog colonies.
4). It is important now
for everyone from throughout the state to express their support with calls,
e-mails or letters to their representatives and senators - especially
members of the House Agriculture Committee. You can obtain information
about the status of the bills (and leave messages for legislators) by
calling the legislative toll free number (1-800-432-3924). You can also
visit the Kansas Legislature web site (www.kslegislature.org).
Any assistance and involvement you can provide will be greatly appreciated.
5). Write letters in support. Personal
letters are one of the most pleasant, but often neglected, part of our
“culture of conservation.” We frequently neglect
to thank people for what they do to help make the world a better place,
and to help make every day Earth Day. Please let us know if you are interested
in writing to any of the landowners who have stood up against all unfounded
attempts to poison wildlife on their land, withstood major legal costs
and other assaults. They are truly contemporary American conservation
heroes. They remind us of those who stepped forward to save some to the
last Bison in the Great Plains from senseless slaughter. We can provide
you with the names and mailing addresses.
6). Stay in the Loop and Stay Involved.
Stay in touch with Audubon of Kansas and/or any other organization that
will keep you up to date on developments and/or post timely information
on a website. Please let us know if you want to be specifically included
with any communications on the subject. We plan to enhance our attention
to this responsibility with this website, our AOK e-Newsletter, Action
Alerts and the AOK
Blog.
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