Its insane that a little insect could hold up keep a housing from falling in the Chesaspeake Bay, isn't it? But we have learned there are no private property rights in this country. The ESA is only part of a philosophy that keeps people from making common-sense improvements where they live and it has nothing whatsoever to do with protecting the environment.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".) Clifftop homeowners' properties being threatened by government's refusal to allow correction of erosion problems???
...Does this sound familiar (SOS), or is it just me...? ...The below references just ONE of the horror stories. There are MANY others, just here on the LEFT coast alone.
(Yes, it IS too bad that the 2002 decision referenced above was not upheld recently, by the higher court.)