The murrelet is a unique bird that needs healthy marine and old growth habitat for nesting and rearing its young. When the murrelet was listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 1992, the loss of old-growth forest was determined by scientists to be the foremost factor affecting their decline. Yet the Bush administration once again ignores solid science and aims to reduce habitat protections on 254,000 acres in order to open up more of our ancient forests to destructive logging.

Please speak up for murrelets and coastal old-growth forests. Urge the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to reject Bush's plan to reduce critical habitat designations for the marbled murrelet in Oregon and northern California. Critical habitat is key to murrelet recovery.

Deadline for comments is Monday, September 29.

For more on marbled murrelets go to http://www.conservationnw.org/wildlife-habitat/murrelet-timeline

The proposed rule and additional information can be found at www.fws.gov/pacific/ecoservices/mamupch.html

Thank you for all you do!