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Military spending millions to protect gophers, while workers go on furlough
Fox News ^
| July 12, 2013
| Dan Springer
Posted on 07/12/2013 10:24:43 AM PDT by jazusamo
A total of 650,000 civilian employees are now being furloughed at U.S. military bases in response to sequester cuts -- but the Department of Defense is still spending millions to protect fuzzy critters.
Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) in Washington state just received a $3.5 million department grant to purchase land around the base in an effort to protect the Mazama pocket gopher, a species that has not even been listed as endangered or threatened.
The expense is not sitting well with furloughed workers.
"That really makes me mad that they would do that," said Matt Hines, one of 10,000 civilian employees forced to take a 20 percent pay cut. "I'm all for saving animals, but at what cost?"
Under REPI (Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative), the Department of Defense and other federal agencies have spent $397 million to protect 264,000 acres around bases since 2003.
Sarah Hamman, from the Center for National Lands Management, has been tracking the Mazama pocket gopher in the prairie land around JBLM and says the military's involvement has been critical.
"The Department of Defense is a really important partner in this process in terms of providing the funding and providing the land for these species," Hamman said.
In addition to the Mazama pocket gopher, environmentalists say the purchase of 2,600 acres of prairie land around JBLM will also help Taylor's checkerspot butterflies and streaked horned larks.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: agenda21; dod; environazis; environmentalism; gophers; un21
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Another example of out of control enviro-nazis and our DOD supports them.
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posted on
07/12/2013 10:24:43 AM PDT
by
jazusamo
To: jazusamo
This is more agenda 21 off limits land purchases. that’s all it is. They can use whatever excuses they want, that’s what they are doing.
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posted on
07/12/2013 10:26:25 AM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Secret Agent Man
Little doubt that you're right but it's criminal in my view it's coming from our defense budget.
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posted on
07/12/2013 10:28:45 AM PDT
by
jazusamo
("I am so old that I can remember when most of the people promoting race hate were white." T. Sowell)
To: jazusamo
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posted on
07/12/2013 10:30:39 AM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: george76; Flycatcher; girlangler
Unbelievable gopher ping.
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posted on
07/12/2013 10:31:02 AM PDT
by
jazusamo
("I am so old that I can remember when most of the people promoting race hate were white." T. Sowell)
To: jazusamo
It would be even more unbelievable if the Gophers ever made a real bowl game.
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posted on
07/12/2013 10:34:59 AM PDT
by
TurboZamboni
(Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
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posted on
07/12/2013 10:36:19 AM PDT
by
jazusamo
("I am so old that I can remember when most of the people promoting race hate were white." T. Sowell)
To: jazusamo
Just open a range where there is gophers, problem solved, no more gophers and better trained officers!
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posted on
07/12/2013 10:39:32 AM PDT
by
GraceG
To: jazusamo
But the varmint will never quit - ever. They’re like the Viet Cong - Varmint Cong
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posted on
07/12/2013 10:40:02 AM PDT
by
Jack of all Trades
(Hold your face to the light, even though for the moment you do not see.)
To: jazusamo
In before the Bill Murray pic.
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posted on
07/12/2013 10:47:02 AM PDT
by
CrazyIvan
(I'm so conservative I won't even wear progressive bifocals.)
To: Jack of all Trades
But the varmint will never quit - ever. Theyre like the Viet Cong - Varmint CongThis thread is useless without pics:
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posted on
07/12/2013 10:49:00 AM PDT
by
444Flyer
(How long O LORD? Psalm 112)
To: CrazyIvan
Drat! You got in just under the wire.;)
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posted on
07/12/2013 10:49:48 AM PDT
by
444Flyer
(How long O LORD? Psalm 112)
To: Jack of all Trades
I can verify there’s no danger of gophers going extinct in Washington state, they’re a real pain.
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posted on
07/12/2013 10:51:19 AM PDT
by
jazusamo
("I am so old that I can remember when most of the people promoting race hate were white." T. Sowell)
To: CrazyIvan
Separated at birth?
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posted on
07/12/2013 10:55:43 AM PDT
by
444Flyer
(How long O LORD? Psalm 112)
To: jazusamo
"PROTECT THE GOLFERS! NOT GOPHERS!!!"
To: jazusamo
Welcome to the Democrat party. All military should claim that they are pig farmers and deserve $50,000 from the taxpayers.
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posted on
07/12/2013 11:01:02 AM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: jazusamo
I surrender. I’m going to:
=switch from Independent to Democrat
=take a position as a school teacher
=join a union
=buy a Volt... maybe a Subaru
=go on food stamps
=get an Obama phone
=buy a “Hillary 2016” t-shirt
=stop telling Weiner jokes
There’s no hope. Stick a fork in us... we’re done
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posted on
07/12/2013 11:16:41 AM PDT
by
moovova
To: jazusamo
He is growing his national civilian army and FEMA camps; he has little need for the DOD
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posted on
07/12/2013 11:25:03 AM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: jazusamo
Agreed - they are a real pain here in OK, too. I currently have an eradication program underway on my place for the pocket gophers that are creating mini-volcanos on my back lawn. I’m getting pretty good with about a 50% success rate. Crossing my fingers — my lawn was free of gopher mounds when I departed this morning.
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posted on
07/12/2013 11:26:07 AM PDT
by
T-Bird45
(It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
To: george76
Yep, in fact I'd bet he feels our military is a threat to him.
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posted on
07/12/2013 11:31:08 AM PDT
by
jazusamo
("I am so old that I can remember when most of the people promoting race hate were white." T. Sowell)
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