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Movement towards lead-free ammunition spreads

March 20, 2009

Posted by Andrew Wetzler in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:
bears, condor, condors, eagles, lead, leadammunition, nationalparks

Last week, as the National Park Service announced that it would move to phase out the use of lead ammunition in those few national parks that allow hunting. This is good news, and follows California's decision to phase out lead...continued

Another victory for condors

December 4, 2008

Posted by Andrew Wetzler in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
condor, endangeredspecies, endangeredspeciesact, lead, leadammunition, wildlife

Yesterday, NRDC, the Center for Biological Diversity and our partners settled our lawsuit against the California Fish and Game Commission and the California Department of Fish and Game over the use of lead ammunition by hunters in California condor...continued

Condors Soar!

October 13, 2007

Posted by Andrew Wetzler in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
condor, lead, leadammunition

Kate, you must have worked some voodoo magic with that last post, because this morning Govenor Swarzenneger signed the Ridley-Tree Condor Preservation Act.  The law, introduced by State Assemblyman Pedro Nava, bans the use of center-fire lead ammunition when taking big...continued

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Andrew Wetzler
Director, Endangered Species Project
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