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Speak out against the EPA's wasteful and redundant pesticide tests by contacting EPA Officials. Let them know you want the EPA to regulate pesticides and other chemicals that are elready known to be dangerous-not torture innocent animals. You can reach the EPA At:
The Honorable(?) Steve Johnson, Administrator
US Environmental Protection Agency, Ariel Rios Bldg-1101A
Contact your Governor Here is a list of US Representative Dennis Rehberg Washington, DC Office 516 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC, 20515 PH: 202-225-3211 FAX: 202-225-5687 Helena Office 950 North Montana Ave Helena Office 208 N. Montana Ave. Suite 202A Helena, MT 59601 Tel: 406-449-5401 Fax: 406-449-5462 ph: (406) 443-7878 fax: (406) 443-8890 Email: Dennis Rehberg
US Senator Max Baucus Washington, DC Office 511 Hart Senate Office Bldg. Washington, D.C. 20510 (202) 224-2651 (202) 224-4700 (Fax) (800) 332-6106 (from MT) (202) 224-1998 (TDD) Helena Office Empire Block 30 West 14th Street Helena, MT 59601 (406) 449-5480 Email: Max Baucus
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Montana Department of Livestock Box 202001 Helena, MT 59620 1-406-444-0782 Christian Mackay,Executive Officer cmackay@mt.gov Marty Zaluski State Veterinarian mzaluski@mt.gov Steve Merritt Public Information Officer 406-444-9431
Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Suzanne Lewis PO Box 168 Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190 (307) 344-2002 yell_superintendent@nps.gov or suzanne_lewis@nps.gov
Gallatin National Forest Mary Erickson, Supervisor 10 East Babcock PO Box 130 Bozeman, MT 59715 Phone: 406-587-6703 Fax: 406-587-6758 mailroom_r1_gallatin@fs.fed.usDirector National Park Service Mary Bomar 1849 C Street NW Room 3312 Washington, DC 20240 Phone: (202) 208-4621 Fax: 202-208-7889 email: Mary_Bomar@nps.gov
Pat Flowers, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks: pflowers@mt.gov / 406-994-4050
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 4700 River Road, Riverdale, MD 20737 Legislative and Public Affairs at (202) 720-2511, Forest Service Public Affairs at (202) 205-1760 National Park Service Office of Public Affairs at (202) 482-6843. EmailSecretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne Department of the Interior 1849 C Street, N.W. Washington DC 20240 202-208-7351Assistant Secretary to Fish, Wildlife & Parks U.S. Department of the Interior 1849 C Street NW room 3156 Washington, D.C. 20240 202-208-3100 Web comment form: http://www.doi.gov/contact.htmlNational Park Service Advisory Board c/o Mr. Loran Fraser, Chief Office of Policy National Park Service (About: advises the Director of the National Park Service and the Secretary of the Interior) 1849 C Street, NW, Room 7250 Washington, DC 20240 loran_fraser@nps.gov
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Fred Upton (R-MI) – Ranking Republican on the Energy and Air Quality Subcommittee; since 1987, has represented Michigan's 6th Congressional District, which is on Lake Michigan's southeastern coast; has a moderate voting record and likes to tout his independence from House Republicans; supports investments in new energy technologies and says we should do something about global warming.
Jay Inslee (D-WA) – Sits on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the Natural Resources Committee; also serves on the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming; is in his 6th term representing Washington's 1st Congressional District, which lies on the Puget Sound just north of Seattle; has introduced various bills to promote clean energy and energy efficiency, including the New Apollo Energy Act; is the author of a new book on clean energy solutions, entitled Apollo's Fire: Igniting America's Clean Energy Economy.
Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD) – Sits on the House Natural Resources Committee and the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee; is in his 9th term representing Maryland's 1st Congressional District, which lies on the Chesapeake Bay's Eastern Shore; is coauthor of the Olver-Gilchrest Climate Stewardship Act, first introduced in 2004 as the companion bill of the Senate's McCain-Lieberman Climate Stewardship Act; this bill would establish an economy-wide cap-and-trade system to cut America's global warming pollution 75% by 2050.
Mark Kirk (R-IL) – Sits on the House Appropriations Committee and is a member of the House Climate Change Caucus set up to research global warming policy options; is in his 4th term representing Illinois's 10th Congressional District, which is comprised of Chicago's prosperous "North Shore" suburbs; a cosponsor of the Olver-Gilchrest Climate Stewardship Act and an influential member of the group of moderate Republicans in the House.
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John Dingell (D-MI) – Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee with jurisdiction over drafting a global warming bill; has been in Congress since 1955 and is the longest serving active member of the House and second longest serving member in history; represents a district with several auto plants; despite close ties to the auto industry, Rep Dingell helped write automobile fuel economy standards in the 1970s and the 1990 Clean Air Act; has promised to move comprehensive global warming legislation through his committee this year.
Rick Boucher (D-VA) – Chairman of the Energy and Air Quality Subcommittee, where global warming legislation would be marked up before moving to the full House Energy and Commerce Committee; represents a rural district in southwestern Virginia with a significant coal-mining constituency; has worked extensively over his 25-year career on technology issues; has pledged to work with Chairman Dingell to move global warming legislation this year.
Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) – First woman Speaker of the House; has made fighting global warming a top priority for the 2008 session; last year, established a special committee to explore global warming policy options and keep the process moving; promised that after Congress passed the Energy Bill last year, they would begin work on global warming legislation.
Joe Barton (R-TX) – Former Chairman and current Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee; since 1985, has represented Texas's 6th Congressional District, stretching south and east of Dallas-Fort Worth; is a vocal global warming skeptic, having said "I cannot imagine any objective finding that CO2 is a pollutant"; has pledged to lead the fight in the House to stop global warming legislation.
Edward Markey (D-MA) – Chairman of the newly formed House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming; also serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the House Committee on Natural Resources; since 1976, has represented Massachusetts 7th Congressional District, which is made up of Boston's northern and western suburbs; for many years has been a strong voice in the Congress for global warming action and energy efficiency.
Henry Waxman (D-CA) – Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and the second-ranking Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee; since 1975, has represented California's 30th Congressional District, a coastal district outside of Los Angeles; introduced one of the most aggressive global warming bills in Congress – the Safe Climate Act – which would adopt a cap-and-trade program to cut America's global warming pollution 80% below 1990 levels by 2050.
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