“Don’t save the biosphere and we are dooming ourselves.” ~ E.O. Wilson

“The number of wild animals on Earth has halved in the past 40 years, according to a new analysis. Creatures across land, rivers and the seas are being decimated as humans kill them for food in unsustainable numbers, while polluting or destroying their habitats, the research by scientists at WWF and the Zoological Society of London found,” Damian Carrington reported in September 2014 in The Guardian.

The Monday, April 13, Conservation Congress election, deceptively named a “hearing,” is primarily a vitally important election, both a citizen right and a responsibility. This delegation is “only advisory,” but then it is the only elected citizen advisory for governing our public lands, 94 percent of which is funded by citizens who kill no wildlife. On April 13, citizens can make proposals regarding issues of clean air, water, climate, GMO labeling…