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ASK YOUR GROUP TO SUPPORT REQUIRING LEAD-FREE AMMUNITION AND FISHING TACKLE TO PROTECT WILDLIFEThe Center’s national “Get the Lead Out” campaign is devoted to replacing lead-based ammunition and fishing tackle with safer, nontoxic alternatives to protect wildlife from needless poisoning. In August 2010 we organized a coalition of conservation, hunting and veterinary groups and filed a formal petition with the Environmental Protection Agency requesting a nationwide ban on the use of toxic lead in hunting ammunition and fishing tackle. After the EPA denied our petition, in November 2010 we sued. More than 100 groups representing birders, hunters, scientists, American Indians and public employees have now signed on to our petition. If you belong to a group, we need your organization to stand with us by signing on to the petition, too. Email your group's name, along with a contact person and title, to Center Conservation Advocate Jeff Miller at jmiller@biologicaldiversity.org. Participating groups: Acopian Center for Conservation Science Alabama Ornithological Society Alameda Creek Alliance American Bird Conservancy Arizona Zoological Society Ascutney Mountain Audubon Society Association of Avian Veterinarians Audubon Maryland-DC Audubon Minnesota Audubon Naturalist Society for the Mid-Atlantic States Audubon Nebraska Audubon Society of Rhode Island Baltimore Harbor WATERKEEPER Biodiversity Conservation Alliance Blue Water Baltimore Bird Conservation Network Bridgerland Audubon Society Carolina Raptor Center Carson Forest Watch Cascadia Wildlands Cascades Raptor Center Center for Biological Diversity Center for Native Ecosystems Center for Sierra Nevada Conservation Central New Mexico Audubon Society Choctawhatchee Audubon Society CORALations Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology Corpus Christi Clean Economy Coalition Delaware Valley Ornithological Club Elisha Mitchell Audubon Society Endangered Habitats League Environmental Action Committee of West Marin Four Harbors Audubon Flathead Audubon Society Friends of Dyke Marsh Friends of Living Oregon Waters Golden Gate Audubon Society Grand Canyon Trust Grand Canyon Wildlands Council Great Old Broads for Wilderness Grey Snow Eagle House Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Helping Our Peninsula's Environment Hilton Head Island Audubon Society Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History Houston Audubon Society Howard County Bird Club The Humane Society of the United States Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon Society Indigenous Youth Foundation Institute for Bird Populations Jayhawk Audubon Society Juniata Valley Audubon Society Kittitas Audubon Society Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands Center Lahontan Audubon Society The Lands Council Lane County Audubon Society Lehigh Gap Nature Center Loon Lake Loon Association Madison Audubon Society Madrone Audubon Society Maricopa Audubon Society Marin Audubon Society Maryland Ornithological Society Mobile Bay Audubon Society Monterey Audubon Society New Hampshire Audubon New Mexico Wilderness Alliance New York City Audubon North Fork Audubon Society Northcoast Environmental Center Northeastern Wisconsin Audubon Society Palouse Audubon Society Physicians for Social Responsibility Prairie Dog Pals Preserve Our Wildlife Project Gutpile Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility Rainier Audubon Society Raptor Education Group Raptor Services, LLC Riveredge Bird Club Rogue Valley Audubon Society Salem Audubon Society Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society Sassafras Audubon Society Saving Birds Thru Habitat Seminole Audubon Society Sequoia Audubon Society Sierra Club South Florida Audubon Society Stream Systems Sycamore Audubon Society Taconic Tri-State Audubon Society Tennessee Ornithological Society Teton Raptor Center The Trumpeter Swan Society Turkey Vulture Society Turtle Island Restoration Network Utah Audubon Council Ventana Wilderness Alliance Ventana Wildlife Society Virginia Society of Ornithology Walden's Puddle Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Center Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society Western Nebraska Resources Council Western Wildlife Conservancy White Mountain Conservation League WildEarth Guardians Wild Equity Institute Wild Heritage Planners Wisconsin Audubon Council Wisconsin Metro Audubon Society Wyoming Outdoor Council Zumbro Valley Audubon Society
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