Stop the Slaughter Petition

TO: Ken Salazar, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior

Jonathan B. Jarvis, Director, U.S. National Park Service
Dan Wenk, Superintendent, Yellowstone National Park
Governor Steve Bullock

I support the emergency rule petition to stop the U.S. National Park Service from slaughtering wild bison inside Yellowstone National Park, and request that you live up to your responsibility to protect our shared natural heritage by taking urgent measures to conserve America's last wild bison herd in its native habitat.

To ensure bison's long-term survival and health, a minimum of 2,000 bison for each distinct bison population is needed. That number would ensure that genetic diversity is conserved - allowing bison to naturally evolve and adapt to a changing environment, and retain important survival behaviors like natural migration and selection.

I strongly urge you to spend taxpayer money that you are now spending to slaughter wild bison - to protect habitat and migration corridors in the Yellowstone ecosystem that will benefit wild bison in perpetuity.

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WHY SHOULD I CONTACT THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE?

Since the interagency plan went into effect in 2000 over 3,300 bison
have been slaughtered from America's last wild bison herd - nearly
all paid for by you, the American taxpayer, averaging $3,000,000 a
year - now ten years into the fifteen year plan.

Had enough?
CONTACT THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE!

Ken Salazar, Secretary
U.S. Department of the Interior
1849 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20240
(202) 208-7351 phone
(202) 208-1481 fax
exsec@ios.doi.gov

Jonathan Jarvis, Director
National Park Service
1849 C Street, NW Room 3112
Washington, DC 20240
(202) 208-3818 phone
(202) 208-7889 fax
jon_jarvis@nps.gov

Daniel Wenk, Superintendent
Yellowstone National Park
P.O. Box 168
Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190-0168
(307) 344-2002 phone
(307) 344-2014 fax
Yell_Superintendent@nps.gov

Montana Governor Steve Bullock
Office of the Governor
Montana State Capitol Building
P.O. Box 200801
Helena, MT 59620-0801
Phone: 1-406-444-3111
Fax: 1-406-444 5529
Email: governor@mt.gov
Website form: http://governor.mt.gov/contact.aspx

CONTACT CONGRESS!
Ask the U.S. Congress to re-direct taxpayer money to buy habitat for wild bison to roam where private cattle now graze. Save the wild bison's native habitat in Yellowstone!

Find your Representative: http://www.house.gov/
Find your Senators: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

These committee chairs have jurisdiction over Yellowstone National Park:
Senator Jeff Bingaman
Senator Lisa Murkowski
Energy and Natural Resources Committee Office
304 Dirksen Senate Building
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-4971 phone
(202) 224-6163 fax
http://energy.senate.gov/public/

Representative Doc Hastings, Chairman
Rep. Edward Markey, Ranking Minority Member
House Natural Resources committee
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-2761 phone
(202) 225-5929 fax
http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/

Representative Rob Bishop,
Chairman
Rep. Raúl Grijalva, Ranking Minority Member
National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Subcommittee
1551 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-2435 phone
(202) 225-1541 fax
http://naturalresources.house.gov/About/MembersParks.htm