Posted on 06/15/2016 2:19:59 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
Making the rounds right now is an exchange that I certainly hope is authentic, between the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife and ranchers Larry and Amanda Anderson. It seems the Oregon bureaucrats want permission to survey the Andersons’ ranch land for purposes of tracking species decline....
....here is the Andersons’ splendid reply...
Thank you for your inquiry regarding accessing our property to survey for the yellow-legged frog. We may be able to help you out with this matter.
We have divided our 2.26 acres into 75 equal survey units with a draw tag for each unit. Application fees are only $8.00 per unit after you purchase the “Frog Survey License” ($120.00 resident / $180.00 Non-Resident). You will also need to obtain a “Frog Habitat” parking permit ($10.00 per vehicle). You will also need an “Invasive Species” stamp ($15.00 for the first vehicle and $5.00 for each add’l vehicle) You will also want to register at the Check Station to have your vehicle inspected for non-native plant life prior to entering our property. There is also a Day Use fee, $5.00 per vehicle.
If you are successful in the Draw you will be notified two weeks in advance so you can make necessary plans and purchase your “Creek Habitat” stamp. ($18.00 Resident / $140.00 Non-Resident). Survey units open between 8am and 3pm but you cannot commence survey until 9am and must cease all survey activity by 1pm.
Survey Gear can only include a net with a 2″ diameter made of 100% organic cotton netting with no longer than an 18″ handle, non-weighted and no deeper than 6′ from net frame to bottom of net. Handles can only be made of BPA-free plastics or wooden handles. After 1pm you can use a net with a 3″ diameter if you purchase the “Frog Net Endorsement” ($75.00 Resident / $250 Non-Resident). Any frogs captured that are released will need to be released with an approved release device back into the environment unharmed.
As of June 1, we are offering draw tags for our “Premium Survey” units and application is again only $8.00 per application. However, all fees can be waived if you can verify Native Indian Tribal rights and status.
You will also need to provide evidence of successful completion of “Frog Surveys and You” comprehensive course on frog identification, safe handling practices, and self-defense strategies for frog attacks. This course is offered online through an accredited program for a nominal fee of $750.00.
Please let us know if we can be of assistance to you. Otherwise, we decline your access to our property but appreciate your inquiry.
Sincerely,
The government should pay with pennies...
But it’s for the froggies....
No, you do not have permission. Any and all attempts to access the property will be met with gunfire, period. Stay the hell out.
LOVE it.
A week old.
Not news.
Try to keep up.
Read blogs much?
Learning from The Donald!
I want to know if they have heard back yet
Pennies are not Legal Tender.
No one must accept more that 25 (or maybe some other relatively small number) pennies in payment of a single debt.
ML/NJ
Outstanding! Hadn’t seen nor heard of this.
Thanks for posting.
yeah, i don’t sit at a computer all day.
too bad for you my post didn’t meet your standards for timeliness.
That’s a myth. US coins, including pennies, are legal tender.
Not one of your better posts.
No State shall ... make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts.Since these are official Oregon greenies, they must pay in gold or silver coin.
ML/NJ
Awesome!
Fantastic!!!
News to me. And it made my day.
If you had already read this then why did you waste your time coming here to look at it again? Then you further compounded your wasted time by making a post that basically says you have nothing better to do than read blogs and harass those of us who don’t.
This article leaves out a fact about it.
Both Blaze and the Oregonian point out that Larry Anderson(Landowner) personally knows Steve Niemela(Oregon Fish and Wildlife)
Larry Anderson told Blaze that the letter was "all meant to be fun," adding that he knows Steve Niemela, the man who sent him the original request, and "he's a good guy, a really good guy."
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