First the Coho, now Apache and Gila

Tim J. wrote:

I think your statement speaks to Larry's argument. You say "vote these
thugs out" without Dems offering a good alternative to "vote IN". The
last election proved ABB is a bad plan for winning elections.

If you get all your information from right-wing talk radio and Fox News,
it's understandable that you think Democrats have no position except ABB.

Here are a few of John Kerry's environmental policy positions, taken
from http://www.ontheissues.org/John_Kerry.htm#Environment

The Clear Skies bill is Orwellian and makes things worse. (Oct 2004)
Make environmental justice an EPA priority. (Oct 2003)
Voted NO on confirming Gale Norton as Secretary of Interior. (Jan 2001)
Voted NO on more funding for forest roads and fish habitat. (Sep 1999)
Voted YES on reducing funds for road-building in National Forests. (Sep
1997)
Voted YES on continuing desert protection in California. (Oct 1994)
Voted YES on requiring EPA risk assessments. (May 1994)
End commercial whaling and illegal trade in whale meat. (Jun 2001)
Fund studies of sustainable fisheries. (Oct 1996)
Fund studies of invasive species and algal blooms. (Mar 1998)

Kerry sponsored the Sustainable Fisheries Act of 1995, which:

* Amends the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act
to:Prohibit individual fishing quota programs unless approved before
January 4,
* Mandates guidelines regarding fish habitat conservation and enhancement.
* Modifies requirements regarding emergency actions (including
concerning oil spills) and adds to the emergency action provisions
references to interim measures needed to reduce overfishing.
* Provides for an information collection program specific to the needs
of a fishery.
* Requires a comprehensive program of fishery research to carry out this
Act;
* Requires developing technological changes to minimize bycatch and
evaluate related ecological impacts, benefits, and costs, and assess the
use of unavoidable bycatch; and
* Establishes of a fishery conservation and management ecosystem
advisory panel.








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