Note that for the entire spring and summer (seasonally speaking), March 15 to September 15, no dogs will be allowed on the beach... in addition to Kite flying and many other assorted activities.
Means lawsuit city for the USFWS if they attempt to delist and interfere with OPRD's socialist plans.
Can't someone come up with an epidemic that affects only snowy plovers and is 100% lethal?
Doesn't mean a thing to those plans. Those folks don't care about the status of the snowy plover except as it may provide an excuse to close off more land to human use other than their own.
I'm headed for the Oregon coast this weekend, while I still can....
"We tell the story of how forward-thinking Oregonians have kept the beaches in public hands, safe from private ownership and development."
Very telling comment in the lead paragraph. "Forward thinking" and "safe from private ownership" shows their socialist mindset right off the bat.
I published a prediction on this beach taking for plovers three years ago. It was obvious. Snowy plovers nest from Washington to Mexico. The theory goes that if they are scarce in one place that they are "locally endangered." There is no support for this in the ESA.
For the FWS to list a local population, they must have designated it to be an Evolutionarily Significant Unit. That means that they are genetically distinct, isolated, and significant to species survival; it can't be just one of those; it has to be all three. Of course, the definition of what is "significant to species survival" is entirely up to the local bureaucrats and their dependent scientists. Anyone who would have a contrary opinion and supporting data is usually systematically frozen out of the process.
I am not familiar with Oregon law but if it's anything like California's then it only means that if the Feds delist a source of money dries up.
"Q11.What else can be done besides curtailing people’s activities and enjoyment?
Controlling predators (such as crows, ravens, foxes) and invasive plants (European beachgrass) are extremely important to the survival of the plover. State and federal agencies are already monitoring broods and nests, and in some places, erecting fences to keep predators out. Public education helps, as do signs, volunteer patrols and law enforcement. European beachgrass is a chronic problem. This non-native plant takes over the open beach that plovers need; it spreads rapidly, and offers cover for predators. [Back to questions]
And the snowy plover is important to protect why?
...one word...Barbeque.
The enviorwackos are after us again, aren't they?