Saving Sabal Palm Sanctuary
Sabal Palm Audubon Sanctuary is at very high risk as the Border Wall is moving close. Following is excerpted from the Lower Rio Grande Sierra Club:
"The Sabal Palms Audubon Sanctuary preserves 557 acres of sabal palm forest. The border wall will be built just north of the levee that marks Audubon's
northern boundary. Homeland Security has only been willing to pay for the exact footprint of the wall, not the damage and devaluation that it will bring to adjacent properties. Because the wall will be built a few feet to
the north of their property line, the Department of Homeland Security has not
offered Audubon any compensation whatsoever. Audubon has said that restricted access for their employees may force them to cut their operations. There is
also the concern that uncertain access for emergency personnel may
make it impossible to purchase the insurance that allows busloads of local
school children to visit the center. The combined impacts of the border wall and declining donations make Sabal Palms Audubon Sanctuary's future uncertain."
An effort is underway to call, email or write to President Obama requesting a reprieve. Please take a few minutes to help Save Sabal Palm Sanctuary. SeEtta:
White House:
Comments: 202-456-1111 (9-5 EST)
Switchboard: 202-456-1414
FAX: 202-456-2461
email-form, web address:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/CONTACT/
You can call and write your local rep, too. For contact info, just
type in your zip code at the top right of the following webpage:
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/home/
Photos (on page 8) and more info can be found at http://lonestar.sierraclub.org/Conservation/BorderLands20080731.pdf
"The Sabal Palms Audubon Sanctuary preserves 557 acres of sabal palm forest. The border wall will be built just north of the levee that marks Audubon's
northern boundary. Homeland Security has only been willing to pay for the exact footprint of the wall, not the damage and devaluation that it will bring to adjacent properties. Because the wall will be built a few feet to
the north of their property line, the Department of Homeland Security has not
offered Audubon any compensation whatsoever. Audubon has said that restricted access for their employees may force them to cut their operations. There is
also the concern that uncertain access for emergency personnel may
make it impossible to purchase the insurance that allows busloads of local
school children to visit the center. The combined impacts of the border wall and declining donations make Sabal Palms Audubon Sanctuary's future uncertain."
An effort is underway to call, email or write to President Obama requesting a reprieve. Please take a few minutes to help Save Sabal Palm Sanctuary. SeEtta:
White House:
Comments: 202-456-1111 (9-5 EST)
Switchboard: 202-456-1414
FAX: 202-456-2461
email-form, web address:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/CONTACT/
You can call and write your local rep, too. For contact info, just
type in your zip code at the top right of the following webpage:
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/home/
Photos (on page 8) and more info can be found at http://lonestar.sierraclub.org/Conservation/BorderLands20080731.pdf
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