Hands off our Farallones Islands National Wildlife Refuge

by James K. Sayre

Hands off our Farallones Islands National Wildlife Refuge, Representative Richard Pombo (R-Ca, Tracy), Representative Nick Rahall (D-W.Va), ham radio operators and other assorted potential intruders. Keep your grasping, greedy, polluting hands, feet, legs, arms and heads out of the Farallones Islands National Wildlife Refuge. The Farallones are the largest sea bird breeding colony along the Pacific Coast south of Alaska. It is used by the Western Gull, Cassin's Auklet, the Tufted Puffin, the Common Murre, the Elephant Seal. the Stellar Sea Lion and several other species as breeding habitat.

The Farallones are also a popular spring and fall migration stopover for several dozen species of land birds including Hawks, Doves, Hummingbirds, Flycatchers, Kinglets, Thrushes, Warblers, Sparrows, Blackbirds and Finches. None of these species have any need for any additional human visitors to their habitat, thank you very much.

We have come a long way since Russian colonial fur seal killings and the Gold Rush days of stealing seabird eggs on the Farallones. Let's not take a giant step backwards into the greed and stupidity of the 19th century.

So ham radio operators "enjoy broadcasting from remote islands." Well, la dee dah to them. ...---... (SOS) from the Farallones branch of Mother Nature to hams: buzz off. If ham radio operators want to go broadcast from remote islands, let them save their money for a vacation to the Falklands Islands in the south Atlantic Ocean or to the Seychelles Islands in the Indian Ocean, places that welcome visitors. Hams off and hands off our Farallones Islands National Wildlife Refuge.

Yours truly,

James K. Sayre

17 February 2005

Some useful links about the Farallones Islands National Wildlife Refuge and the surrounding Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary:

Farallon National Wildlife Refuge: link: The Farallones National Wildlife Refuge

Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association: link: The Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association

Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary: link: The Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary

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