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Kelly, Shaheerah

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Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2013 2:00 PM

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Subject: Please Help Save San Francisco's Whales: (Fwd: Rat poison to be dropped on CA islands?)

Dear Friends and Neighbors, 

 

I would like to thank everyone for helping promote attendance at the December 10, 2013 Sierra Pacific power 

plant public hearing in Anderson, CA. I am especially grateful to Northstate Public Radio and the Record 

Searchlight for covering this critical and hard won meeting. 

 

"Although our interests as citizens vary, each one is an artery to the heart that pumps life through the 

body politic, and each is important to the health of democracy." ~ Bill Moyers, The Nation, Jan. 22, 

2007

Since we received so much assistance from our allies in San Francisco, it is our duty now to return the favor. I 

am forwarding a petition from heroine Maggie Sergio. 

 

I hope you will all consider signing. 

 

Thank you, 

 

Celeste Draisner 

Citizens For Clean Air 

530-223-0197 

 

"The Farallon Islands is an area designated by the US as wilderness. Located approx 30 miles offshore from 

San Francisco, the islands are home to twelve species of sea and shorebirds, and the seabird numbers average 

over 250,000 birds. Harbor seals, the California sea lion, northern elephant seal and the stellar sea lion 

(endangered) also come to the island, many of them to breed. This healthy population of pinnipeds attracts 

great white sharks to the islands. Additionally, blue whales, grey whales and humpback whales frequent these 

waters. All of these animals will be placed at risk if US Fish & Wildlife carries out this plan. " ~ Maggie Sergio

---------- Forwarded message ---------- 

From: Change.org <mail@change.org> 

Date: Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 5:34 AM 

Subject: Rat poison to be dropped on CA islands? 

To: mysecretfires@gmail.com
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Celeste - There's a new petition taking off on Change.org, and we think you 

might be interested in signing it: 

US Fish & Wildlife, Gerry McChesney, 

Refuge Manager: Stop the Plan to 

Dump Rat Poison over the Farallon 

Islands 

By Maggie Sergio

fairfax, California 

Sign Maggie's Petition 

If US Fish & Wildlife has its way, Nov of 2014 is when they would like to 

begin a mission that involves the use of helicopters dropping an 

estimated 1.3 metric tons of rat poison over the Southeast Farallon 

Islands. This is part of a political and complex relationship that exists 

between US Fish & Wildlife Service and an organization called Island 

Conservation. Island Conservation is the firm that would get the 

business if the decision is made to go forward with this project. 

Island Conservation is registered as a nonprofit; however they make 

millions of dollars undertaking island eradication projects all over the 

world. If you visit their web site or read press releases you will see that 

they claim "success" at doing this. What the public doesn't know about 
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are the many thousands of wild animals, conveniently referred to as 

"non target species" or "collateral damage" that are killed during these 

eradication projects. This story here in Nature tells of what happened 

up in Alaska in 2008, after Island Conservation dropped 40 tons of 

brodifacoum (rat poison) over "Rat Island." 

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110407/full/news.2011.24.html

This video tells the very disturbing story of what happening in New 

Zealand when Island Conservation used the same method of carpet 

bombing they want to use at the Farallon Islands. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Skm8f2yvNg

Island Conservation has been paid over $481,000 by US Fish & Wildlife 

(so far) to write the Draft Environmental Impact Statement. This 

explains the lack of objectivity and mis-leading information found 

throughout the 741 page document. Island Conservation will also be 

paid approx 1.3 million dollars to carry out this mission if given the 

green light by US Fish & Wildlife. This is an absolute conflict of interest 

and outrageous. 

More importantly, there is no guarantee that this plan will work. Also at 

risk, is the contamination of fish and other food sources in the waters 

surrounding San Francisco. This issue is not mentioned in the EIS and 

has occurred before during these projects. 

The Farallon Islands is an area designated by the US as wilderness. 

 Located approx 30 miles offshore from San Francisco, the islands are 

home to twelve species of sea and shorebirds, and the seabird numbers 

average over 250,000 birds. Harbor seals, the California sea lion, 

northern elephant seal and the stellar sea lion (endangered) also come 

to the island, many of them to breed. This healthy population of 

pinnipeds attracts great white sharks to the islands. Additionally, blue 

whales, grey whales and humpback whales frequent these waters. All 

of these animals will be placed at risk if US Fish & Wildlife carries out 

this plan. 

 

It is the mission of US Fish & Wildlife to protect ALL of the trusted 

resources within the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary. Not a 

select few. 

Sign Maggie's Petition 
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