[Flycatcher]

The enviro-nazi groups are doing it again. They're trying to use the Endangered SPECIES Act on a SUB-SPECIES, which is simply an isolated or slightly variable RACE of a species (as Hunton Peck points out in his post on the black bear, and as Doogle points out in his range map from the Thayer software from Cornell Lab).

I would say that this is a travesty, but the sad fact remains that if the enviro-nazis succeed in using the ESA on sub-species and races, virtually ALL human development will come to a complete standstill.

But, of course, that's what these anti-human groups want. And I have no faith in the 9th Circuit to end these lawsuits either. This is a very dangerous, destructive precedent (if these kook environmentalists win).

Thanks for the ping, Jaz! I'm back for a couple days but I'm off to the field again on Sunday.

[jazusamo]

Thanks for your take on it, Fly. I suspected that was what was going on but my knowledge is very limited on our feathered friends.

Your statement regarding the ESA on sub-species and human development is so true, that has been the intention of the eco-freaks for way too many years. I wouldn't want to even try to guess the dollar amount they've cost this country in use of lands and resources but it's got to be somewhere up there close to our national debt.

Glad to hear you're getting a day or two off once in a while. :-)

[george76]

Welcome back.

Seen / heard anything interesting ?