The final comments on the southern sea otter draft supplemental environmental impact statement on the translocation of southern sea otters submitted by the coalition of conservation groups (Defenders of Wildlife, Friends of the Sea Otter, The Humane Society of the United States, The Ocean Conservancy, and Sea Otter Defense Initiative, a program of Earth Island Institute’s International Marine Mammal Project) is posted at the following website. This site includes the complete comments and all exhibits, including the Concerned Scientist letter that some of you signed on to. Thanks again for your support on this issue! http://www.defenders.org/wildlife/new/seis.html Jim Curland -- Jim Curland, Marine Program Associate Defenders of Wildlife P.O. Box 959 Moss Landing, CA. 95039 831-726-9010 (phone) 831-726-9020 (fax) Defenders of Wildlife is dedicated to the protection of all native wild animals and plants in their natural communities. We focus our programs on what scientists consider two of the most serious environmental threats to the planet: the accelerating rate of extinction of species and the associated loss of biological diversity, and habitat alteration and destruction. Long known for our leadership on endangered species issues, Defenders of Wildlife also advocates new approaches to wildlife conservation that will help keep species from becoming endangered. Our programs encourage protection of entire ecosystems and interconnected habitats while protecting predators that serve as indicator species for ecosystem health. http://www.defenders.org http://www.kidsplanet.org http://www.defenders.org/wildlife/new/seaotters.html (Defenders' Main Sea Otter Page) http://www.kidsplanet.org/espanol/espint.html (Defenders' Sea Otter Teaching Unit) http://www.defenders.org/wildlife/new/marine.html (Defenders' Marine Program Page) http://www.defenders.org/california/marine.html (Defenders' California Marine Program Page)