CA Op-Ed: Audubon California applauds signing of legislation to protect California Condor

yubanet.com ^ | Oct 15, 2007, 08:11 | Audubon California

[Old 300]

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CA Op-Ed: Audubon California applauds signing of legislation to protect California Condor
Author: Audubon California

Published on Oct 15, 2007, 08:11

Audubon California today applauded Gov. Schwarzenegger's decision to sign AB 821, which will help the continued recovery of the California Condor by banning the use of lead ammunition from areas inhabited by the endangered species.

"This is a great day for the California Condor and the State of California," said Glenn Olson, executive director of Audubon California. "I would like to commend Governor Schwarzenegger for signing the Ridley-Tree Condor Conservation Act and again putting our state at the forefront on wildlife protection."

Condors frequently feed on animal carcasses left behind by hunters, and ingest dangerously high levels of lead from ammunition. Audubon California, which has long advocated on behalf of the endangered species, has been pushing for additional protections for the Condor both among hunters and actively at the legislative and policy levels.

The new law, authored by Assemblyman Pedro Nava, will require the use of non-lead centerfire ammunition within the Department of Fish and Game's deer hunting zones within current and potential condor range in California. Lead-free ammunition is increasingly available and will have no effect on hunters' enjoyment of their sport. To the extent funding is available, big game hunters in these hunting zones will get coupons for non-lead ammunition at no or reduced charge.

"This legislation is clear proof that creative solutions are available to our most vexing environmental issues, and that Californians need not choose between wildlife protection and recreational uses, such as hunting," added Olson.

About Audubon California

Audubon California is dedicated to protecting birds and other wildlife and the habitat that supports them. With more than 50,000 members in California and an affiliated 48 local Audubon chapters, Audubon California is a field program of Audubon. This relationship links Audubon California to a national network of community-based nature centers and chapters, scientific and educational programs, and advocacy on behalf of areas sustaining important bird populations, engaging millions of people of all ages and backgrounds in conservation.

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[Old 300]

Pedro Nava has a Dem home page at assembly.ca.gov. And of course the state Rino in Chief signed it.

[xcamel]

A law to save a bird too damned stupid to avoid landing on high voltage lines and becoming a french-fried turkey.

[vetsvette]

This ;aw has not a thing to do with protecting the Condor — it’s all about harassing hunters and other gun owners.

[Old 300]

I feel that we’re the endangered species, don’t you?

[umgud]

And of course, Benedict Arnold, the state Rino in Chief signed it.

There, fix't it.

[Brilliant]

Government of the wealthy Hollywood elite, by the wealthy Hollywood elite, and for the wealthy Hollywood elite.

[Old 300]

Benedict Arnold betrayed his cause. Arnold Schwarzenegger has only every had one cause: his own. He fits right in the the people who betrayed McClintock, one of the best men in politics in California.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

BTTT!

[Old 300]

Replace the word ‘hollywood’ with ‘globalist’ your post and we have a good description of our national rulers.

[edcoil]

With all the protections given to animals - when do they have to pay taxes to its government to protect them?

[Old 300]

We’ll just pay a little more for them to compensate, I’m sure of that.

[vetsvette]

“I feel that we’re the endangered species, don’t you?”

If leftists have their way, our days are numbered.

[calcowgirl]

He signed the Sierra Club’s top priority bills, too.

signed AB 70 (Jones) Would put flood liability on state and local public entities that participate in the design, construction, operation, or maintenance of a flood control project.

signed AB 233 (Jones) Would improve enforcement of protections against toxic diesel exhaust.

signed AB 1109 (Huffman) Would implement a plan to substantially increase the energy efficiency of lighting products, while reducing toxic and other pollution resulting from electricity generation.

[calcowgirl]

Methinks it had little to do with the bird and a whole lot to do with banning lead ammo.

[xcamel]

bingo

[Old 300]

He signed the Sierra Club’s top priority bills, too.

I love the environment, don't get me wrong. It's just that green is the new red. I'm for opening up the west to homesteading again, Alaska too. Drill for oil up there -- cleanly, though. There should be a law (yes, there should be laws) that says that Kali elites have to put oil drilled inside Californian territories or off the coast of California. No greenie gallons from Saudi Arabia, no ma'am.

[mad_as_he$$]

Sad thing is that his is ALL junk science. THERE IS NO PROFF LLEAD BULLETS WERE THE PROBLE. It is only a theory.

[Cvengr]

It might also have something to do with shutting down all military training in the desert.

[Old 300]

They’re exerting their control over a lot of things. This gives them courage to try again, in some other way. It’s called cooking the frog. It’s almost done. Frog is hardly moving.

[Redcloak]

Nava's bill (Or is it Schwarzenegger's bill now?) is really a ban on all hunting with firearms in the affected areas. The language of the bill specifies that ammo used must have "no lead content". Sec. 3004.5 paragraph (b) of the California Fish and Game Code now reads...

   (b) By July 1, 2008, the commission shall establish, by
regulation, a public process to certify centerfire rifle and pistol
ammunition as nonlead ammunition, and shall define, by regulation,
nonlead ammunition as including only centerfire rifle and pistol
ammunition in which there is no lead content. The commission shall
establish and annually update a list of certified centerfire rifle
and pistol ammunition.

(Emphasis added)

Those who know about ammunition components will tell you that there is no such animal! All ammunition, even "all-copper" ammo, contains some amount of lead. By writing the bill this way, Nava, and now Schwarzenegger, have insured that there will be no hunting with firearms within the following areas: "the department's deer hunting zone A South, but excluding Santa Cruz, Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, and San Joaquin Counties, areas west of Highway 101 within Santa Clara County, and areas between Highway 5 and Highway 99 within Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare, and Kern Counties, and within deer hunting zones D7, D8, D9, D10, D11, and D13."

This is what we get for trusting RINOs. Remember that when Ahhhnold's good friend Rudy comes a-callin'.