[Sustain] Fwd: Alert: CA Bill Would Allow Desert Tortoise Habitat Destruction For Solar Farm

Wed May 9 09:50:31 PDT 2012

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"Kim Delfino Defenders of Wildlife" <defenders at mail.defenders.org>

Wed, 9 May 2012 10:26:35 -0500 (CDT)
Subject:
Bulldozing tortoises?
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Desert Tortoise (Beth Jackson, USFWS) 
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AB 1073 would allow the destructive Calico Solar Project to wreak havoc 
on the sensitive Pisgah Valley -- and the struggling desert tortoises, 
bighorn sheep and other wildlife that depend on it for survival.

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*Write your State Assembly member urging them to reject AB 1073 -- a 
harmful bill that would destroy sensitive habitat that struggling desert 
wildlife depend on to survive.* 
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*A bill quickly moving through the State Assembly could spell disaster 
for California's struggling desert tortoises, bighorn sheep and other 
desert wildlife.*

*The final vote in the Legislature could happen as early as tomorrow.*

*Please take action now: Write your State Assembly member urging them to 
reject AB 1073 -- a harmful bill that would destroy sensitive habitat 
that struggling desert wildlife depend on to survive.* 
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AB 1073 is a dangerous bill that exempts the Calico Solar Project -- 
*one of the most harmful proposed solar projects in the state* -- from 
crucial environmental reviews.

*Even worse, this bill is being rushed through the Legislature with NO 
hearing on the substance of the bill in the State Assembly.* In fact, 
Defenders and our partners were poised to kill this bill in the Assembly 
Natural Resources Committee on Monday, but *in a completely 
unprecedented move, the bill sponsors were able to get AB 1073 pulled 
from the committee hearing and sent directly to the Assembly Floor for a 
vote.*

If this bill passes, *the Calico Solar Project would be allowed to tear 
through the heart of the Pisgah Valley's sensitive desert habitat* -- 
/and would destroy the homes that threatened desert tortoises, iconic 
bighorn sheep and other desert wildlife need to survive./

*We can't let this happen. *

*Please take action now to oppose AB1073.* 
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For years, Defenders and our conservation partners have been 
successfully working with solar companies and state, local and federal 
agencies to ensure that alternative energy projects are "smart from the 
start" -- and consider the impacts on our wildlife and wild places.

But backers of the more than 4,000-acre Calico Project have rejected 
alternatives offered by conservationists and land planners, *opting 
instead for a plan to that will severely impact the heart of 
California's sensitive desert habitat.*

Now, their allies in the State Assembly are going all out to allow the 
project to move forward -- /even pulling questionable legislative 
maneuvers to sneak the bill through the Assembly./

*Our desert wildlife needs your voice now. Please write your Assembly 
member today and urge them to reject this terrible bill.* 
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Thank you for all you do to protect our wildlife and wild places.

Kim Delfino 	
Sincerely,

*Kim Delfino*
California Program Director
Defenders of Wildlife

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