POWWOW 1992, celebrating 500 years of Native survival will be held
Sunday, October 11 and Monday, October 12, 1992 at the MDC
Esplanade Hatshell, Storrow Drive, Boston, MA. Over 100,000 people
are expected to attend. At this event, Marsha Hjulstrom, a
volunteer for Defenders of Wildlife, is scheduled to speak about
wolf reintroduction to Yellowstone National Park. Marsha, together
with volunteers from all over the country this past summer worked
at a Defenders of Wildlife wolf booth in Yellowstone and received
over 34,000 votes for wolf reintroduction. At POWOW 1992 a wolf
booth will also be set up with petitions available for signature
addressed to the Secretary of the Interior.
Wolves lived in Yellowstone National Park for thousands of years
before the first settlers arrived. Then, in the space of less that
fifty years (between 1990-1930) wolves were eliminated by
government predator control agencies throughout the West--even in
national parks. The wolf is the ONLY native species currently not
present in the park.
What you can do--
Write to the Secretary of Interior:
Mr. Manual Lujan, Secretary
1849 C Street, NW
Main Interior Building
Washington, D.C. 20240
Phone: 202-208-3171
FAX: 202-208-6956
Some points you may wish to include:
We support the prompt restoration of wolves to Yellowstone.
Wolf restoration should not be limited to Yellowstone National
Park, but should focus on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
Wolves must receive sufficient protection from killing by
humans so that recovery may occur.
Restoration of wolves to Yellowstone should conform to the
Endangered Species Act.
Your support is vital.
For further information, please contact Lisa Osborn at:
Defenders of Wildlife
1244 19th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-659-9510
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Gary S. Trujillo gst@gnosys.svle.ma.us
Somerville, Massachusetts {wjh12,bu.edu,spdcc,ima,cdp}!gnosys!gst