Save the Tortugas Coral Wilderness
Peter Burnside
peterburnside at yahoo.com
Thu Jun 29 13:16:55 EDT 2000
I thought I'd forward this along from WWF to generate
some more letters.
P.B.
Go to
> http://takeaction.worldwildlife.org/ to send free
> messages urging the following officials to establish
> the Tortugas
> Reserve: Billy Causey, Florida Keys National Marine
> Sanctuary; Dr.
> Robert Shipp, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
> Council; Russell
> Nelson, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
> Commission; and
> Jeffery Scott, National Park Service.
> We need your help to save the imperiled coral reefs
> of the Tortugas
> region of the Florida Keys. As you may know, coral
> reefs are
> declining significantly worldwide. The proposed
> Tortugas Marine
> Reserve, a far-reaching and innovative plan that
> World Wildlife Fund
> helped develop, would protect 186 square nautical
> miles of world class
> coral reefs, sea grass beds, and related habitats.
> By banning fishing,
> collecting, anchoring, and other activities that
> threaten the area, the
> reserve would conserve the most remote and pristine
> part of this coral
> wilderness for current and future generations.
>
> Located 70 miles west of Key West, Florida, the
> Tortugas region is
> renowned for its high biodiversity and productivity.
> It boasts the
> cleanest waters, highest coral cover, and healthiest
> fish communities
> among Florida's reefs; the most successful sea
> turtle nests in the Keys;
> and the only breeding colonies of magnificent
> frigate birds and sooty
> terns in the continental United States. The
> Tortugas region is also a
> valuable spawning area for many threatened reef
> species.
>
> The product of two years of research and consensus
> building, the
> reserve proposal is widely supported and will
> benefit both fishermen
> and the environment. But we need your help to make
> the reserve a
> reality. Key government agencies must hear now from
> concerned
> citizens like you. Please act today to protect this
> irreplaceable ocean
> wilderness. Go to
> http://takeaction.worldwildlife.org/ to send free
> messages urging the following officials to establish
> the Tortugas
> Reserve: Billy Causey, Florida Keys National Marine
> Sanctuary; Dr.
> Robert Shipp, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
> Council; Russell
> Nelson, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
> Commission; and
> Jeffery Scott, National Park Service.
>
>
>
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