Posted on 10/08/2014 9:12:14 PM PDT by george76
Two Utah congressmen say the public needs more time to weigh in on a "sweeping" proposal to designate more than a half-million acres as critical habitat for the Western yellow-billed cuckoo.
Republican Reps. Jason Chaffetz and Chris Stewart are among 17 members of Congress who urged U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe to extend the comment period on the designation beyond Oct. 14.
"While we oppose this listing proposal, we find it completely unacceptable that the (agency) has proposed only 60 days of public comment with no public hearings, effectively shutting out meaningful comment on a sweeping critical habitat designation proposal for the yellow-billed cuckoo," a Monday letter to Ashe states.
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"This proposal would impact 546,335 acres, including over 242,000 acres of private and locally owned property surrounding 80 river and stream stretches located in more than 65 counties in Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah and Wyoming," the letter said.
"It is hard to believe that this would not cost much more in direct and indirect costs, regulatory delays and other impediments to vital economic activities."
Earlier this month, the federal agency announced the bird will receive protections in 12 U.S. states under the Endangered Species Act.
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the enviro-nazis target water rights, farming, ranching, logging, hunting, fishing, energy production of oil, gas, & coal ... promoting Agenda 21
Exactly, and I see a big chunk of land in this proposal is private land.
Hiding off stage is the person who will come out and announce that the residents of all private lands that have endangered species habitat must vacate the lands under threat of confiscation.
For sure...Thirty years ago I’d have said that would be a crazy statement but it could well happen now.
It’s not the federal government’a land. there is a plan for disposing the land and where the money goes. Education has has been where the proceeds from These lands go. Putting these lands back on state tax rolls will bring billions into the economy.
“As a taxpayer, I’m sick of “giving it away”, so why don’t you come up with some money and buy it.”
Hey, Ben F’n, what the gov’t steals from the people who owned it ain’t yours and nobody has to ‘buy it’ from you. If you are so ‘sick of giving it away’, do something about food stamps, welfare, leaky borders, and all these power grabbing, out of control, autonomous gov’t agencies.
The enviro-nazis also help their pals who give them money.
Ted Turner likes to buy up private property that has been driven into the ground financially by EPA / wilderness type rules.
One is outside Las Vegas, NM where the locals had Spanish ( before there was a Mexico ) land grants to hunt, fish, harvest logs to build homes , firewood, etc.
The hills behind his eco-ranch are now closed to the locals unless they pay him large money like his rich leftie Hollywood pals who pay large rent at his eco-lodge.
Put simply, this bird has absolutely NO business being put on a threatened status.
Sheer lawlessness is EXACTLY what this is!
Thanks for the Pings, guys!
As always thanks for your knowledgeable comments, Fly.
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