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Issue – Endangered Species Act

PPRC Position Paper on the Endangered Species Act

Forest products industry employees support Endangered Species Act (ESA) reform. Protecting truly endangered species is in the best interest of the public. The regulations established to implement these interests should be based on sound science, not politics. The economic and social impact on people, property, and jobs should be evaluated when making the regulations.

  • The ESA should be modernized and updated with congressional oversight on the social and economic cost of an ESA listing. Any listing should be based on objective and verifiable science with flexibility giving states and local governments a greater role in all ESA decisions.
  • The PPRC supports limiting the definition of threatened and endangered “species” to those species which are biologically unique, excluding those that are only geographically isolated from other populations of the same species.
  • The PPRC believes the ESA is about recovery of a species, not only about preventing extinction, therefore the act should be amended to ensure that the species will not be listed until a recovery plan is developed and appropriations are approved. 
  • The PPRC supports access to information used by the government in the ESA decision-making process. 
  • The PPRC feels that to simplify the process and make the ESA work, endangered species decisions should be based on sound science and include a peer review of listing and recovery decisions. 
  • The PPRC feels that true scientific facts and field data should be weighed more heavily than computer modeling.
  • Private property owners should be compensated when the ESA diminishes property values.

National Administrative Positions

  • Information Technology Director
    David Cothren, USW Local 13-1149
    Graphic Packaging International
    Queen City, TX 75572
    David.Cothren@graphicpkg.com
  • Internal Communication Director
    Lloyd Allen, USW Local 9-983
    Clearwater Paper Company
    Augusta, GA 30906
    James.Allen@clearwaterpaper.com
  • External Communication Director
    Austin Wise, USW Local 1879
    Smurfit Westrock
    Florence, SC 29505
    Awise88@me.com
  • Scheduling Director
    William Schwalbach, USW Local 2-20
    Ahlstrom
    Kaukauna, WI 54130
    Pulpandpaperworkers@gmail.com

National Special Projects Coordinators at Large

  • Vince Geiser, NSC Recording Secretary
    IBEW Local 464
    Smurfit WestRock Company
    Covington, VA 24426
    james.geiser@smurfitwestrock.com
  • Scott Goins, IAM Local Lodge 1098
    Georgia Pacific
    Palatka, FL 32177
    scott.goins@gapac.com
  • Matt Hall NSC Chairman IBEW Local 464 
    Smurfit WestRock Company
    Covington, VA 24426
    matt.hall@smurfitwestrock.com 
  • Jason Etheridge NSC Vice Chairman USW Local 9-0425
    Smurfit WestRock Company
    Roanoke Rapids, NC 27870
    jasonetheridge78@yahoo.com

Executive Team

  • Clay Duke, Executive Director
    clay.duke@suzanopackaging.com | Pine Bluff, AR
  • Matt Hall, Chairman
    matt.hall@smurfitwestrock.com | Covington, VA
  • Jason Etheridge, Vice Chairman
    jasonetheridge78@yahoo.com | Roanoke Rapids, NC

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