{"id":2885,"date":"2013-10-31T11:16:35","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T15:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=2885"},"modified":"2013-11-14T11:11:49","modified_gmt":"2013-11-14T16:11:49","slug":"action-alert-mass-endangered-species-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/action-alert-mass-endangered-species-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Action Alert: Mass Endangered Species Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-214\" alt=\"Eastern box turtle by Joy Marzolf\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2012\/06\/Eastern-box-turtle-looking-web.jpg\" width=\"358\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2012\/06\/Eastern-box-turtle-looking-web.jpg 448w, https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2012\/06\/Eastern-box-turtle-looking-web-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\" \/>Efforts to repeal the Massachusetts Endangered Species Act (MESA) are once again underway, and we need your help!<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, November 4, the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Committees\/Joint\/J21\" target=\"_blank\">Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0will hold a hearing that includes two bills Mass Audubon<strong> strongly opposes<\/strong>. These bills would result in a repeal of endangered species protections in the Commonwealth.<\/p>\n<p>Environmental groups and the business community alike have supported the standards the program currently uses to protect endangered species. The effort to gut endangered species protections is coming from a limited, but very vocal, few.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Both bills would:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dismantle MESA\u2019s Priority Habitat framework for protecting endangered species of plants and animals administered by the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (DFW) Natural Heritage &amp; Endangered Species Program.<\/li>\n<li>Leave property owners with no advance notice of or ability to avoid harm to a state-listed species, leaving them potentially subject to fines and criminal prosecution for causing harm to that species. The existing permitting process, which takes into account the characteristics of each proposed development site, would be replaced by a costly and cumbersome regime that would rely on action against landowners after the harm to the protected species has occurred. Such a regime would not provide effective guidance to landowners or protect endangered species.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We urge you to contact\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/People\/Profile\/MRP0\" target=\"_blank\">Chairman Pacheco<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/People\/Profile\/AMG1\" target=\"_blank\">Chairwoman Gobi<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0today\u2014by phone, email, or mail\u2014to ask them to protect endangered species and halt\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Bills\/188\/Senate\/S345\" target=\"_blank\">Senate Bill 345<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Bills\/188\/Senate\/S411\" target=\"_blank\">Senate Bill 411<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, you can let your own Representative and Senator know where you stand, and ask them to speak to the Chairs as well.<\/p>\n<p>Please also express your\u00a0support\u00a0for\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.massaudubon.org\/get-involved\/take-action\/issues-legislation\/endangered-species\" target=\"_blank\">An Act Relative to the Massachusetts Endangered Species Act<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0H.756. Mass Audubon supports this consensus bill, which would improve the Massachusetts Endangered Species Act rather than repeal it.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.malegislature.gov\/People\/FindMyLegislator\" target=\"_blank\">Find out<\/a><\/strong> who your legislators are and how to contact them.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for stepping up to protect endangered species!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hearing details<\/strong>:<br \/>\nMonday, November 4, 2013<br \/>\n1:00 p.m.<br \/>\nRoom A-2<br \/>\nState House<br \/>\nBoston, MA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Efforts to repeal the Massachusetts Endangered Species Act (MESA) are once again underway, and we need your help! On Monday, November 4, the\u00a0Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture\u00a0will hold a hearing that includes two bills Mass Audubon strongly opposes. These bills would result in a repeal of endangered species protections in the Commonwealth. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advocacy-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-Kx","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3254,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/special-alert-victory-for-endangered-species\/","url_meta":{"origin":2885,"position":0},"title":"Special Alert &#8211; Victory for Endangered Species","author":"Hillary T.","date":"February 19, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"From our Advocacy Department: We are happy to report that yesterday, in response to a lawsuit filed against the Commonwealth's regulatory use of priority habitat screening to protect endangered species, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled unanimously to affirm the state's authority under the Massachusetts Endangered Species Act (MESA). 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