House Agrees With Scientific Societies to Allow New Listings of Endangered Species to Continue
October 17th, 2011
[This post is an update as we missed posting the document in July] In July of this year, SCB, along with the Wildlife Society, the Ecological Society of America, and the American Statistical Association, sent a letter to the House of Representatives urging representatives to support an amendment by Norm Dicks blocking efforts to suspend listings of endangered species. The House subsequently did vote to strip the Endangered Listing Ban from the Interior Appropriations Bill. 37 Republicans bucked their leadership and voted with all but two Democrats to allow new listings of endangered species to continue. SCB continues to explore additional opportunities to collaborate with other scientific societies on similar policy issues.
Categories: North America Section, Scientific Integrity
