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Originally Posted by cj2112
hmmmm these birds were thought to be extinct for 60 years huh? That means we have done nothing to "protect" thier habitat for 60 years....amazing that they managed to survive without us humans "protecting" them for all that time isn't it? It was also thought that the spotted owl required "large tracts of old growth forest for it's habitat to survive". Most logging of old growth in the northwest was halted when the spotted owl was a hot issue, now that we know it will also breed in second third growth forests we can go back to selectively logging some of these stands of trees that were closed to logging because of this, right? Well, we can can't we? No they are still closed, even though the reason they were closed was an out and out lie.
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The protection of endangered species as a matter of official federal policy, ended about four years ago. Almost no new plant or animal species have been listed as endangered or threatened in that time. Furthermore, our government blocks archiving of all of it's sites these last few years by archive.org. My reaction is to remind all of you who vote for or who support the current regime of elected officials who control our federal government, that you are complicit and culpable in their anti-American and unlawful activities. Stay informed !
Bush admin. Secty of the Interior Gale Norton has been appointed to a second term in Bush's cabinet. She oversees the Fish & Wildlife agency that is responsible for the designation and protection of endangered species. The stats show that under her watch, designation of new species has nearly halted and the list awaiting designation grows.......
Archived fed. Wildlife website link from May, 2000:
http://web.archive.org/web/200008152...e.html#Species
http://web.archive.org/web/200008172...s.gov/webpage/
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20010528193131/ecos.fws.gov/webpage/webpage_nonlisted.html?module=undefined&listings=0&type=C">Candidate Species as of 5/28/2001 Candidate Species count is 235</a>
"Box Score" Listings and Recovery Plans as of May 31, 2000
http://web.archive.org/web/200006220.../boxscore.html
Total U.S. Endangered -- 961 (368 animals, 593 plants)
Total U.S. Threatened -- 270 (128 animals, 142 plants)
Total U.S. Species -- 1231 (496 animals**, 735 plants)
Links to Current Site:
http://endangered.fws.gov/wildlife.html
http://ecos.fws.gov/tess_public/TESSWebpage
<a href="http://ecos.fws.gov/tess_public/servlet/gov.doi.tess_public.servlets.NonlistedSpecies?listings=0&type=C">Candidate Species as of 05/06/2005 Candidate Species count is 289</a>
"Box Score" Summary of Listed Species and Recovery Plans as of 05/06/2005
http://ecos.fws.gov/tess_public/TESSBoxscore
Total U.S. Endangered -- 987 (388 animals, 599 plants)
Total U.S. Threatened -- 276 (129 animals, 147 plants)
Total U.S. Species -- 1263 (517 animals***, 746 plants)
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http://www.peer.org/news/news_id.php?row_id=125
For Immediate Release: January 29, 2002
Contact: Chas Offutt (202) 265-7337
GALE ("TYPHOON") NORTON WREAKS HAVOC AT INTERIOR — Disastrous First Year, Say Employees
Washington, DC - In her first year as Secretary of the Interior, Gale Norton has done more to disrupt efficiency, discredit the department and depress employee morale than any modern Interior Secretary, says Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), a national organization representing employees within Interior agencies.
"As the Department of Interior's leader, Gale Norton has been a walking disaster area," commented PEER Executive Director Jeff Ruch. "Graded by administrative competence, apart from the environmental consequences of her actions, she is the worst Secretary since Teapot Dome - and, incredibly, instead of getting better, she is actually getting worse."
On the eve of the first anniversary of Gale Norton's confirmation, the employee group points to:
*Disruption of both public access and employee productivity flowing from the closure of Interior web sites and employee e-mail for the past two months, with no date for re-connection; http://www.billingsgazette.com/archi...02-network.inc
*Embarrassment from being cited for contempt of court hearings in the long-running tribal trust fund case after trying to intimidate agency employees to sign off on documents inappropriately; http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...-2002Jan7.html http://www1.msnbc.com/local/knbn/m124169.asp
*Falsification of her own agency's science in reporting to Congress on the biological effects of oil drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2001Oct18.html http://www.news-miner.com/Stories/0,...200861,00.html
* Destruction of morale from a post-Thanksgiving all-employee e-mail pledging to contract out five percent of all employee jobs in the short-term and up to half within five years; http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,...241955,00.html
* Frustration of her own top professionals by blocking the Fish & Wildlife Service from filing prepared comments on a major relaxation of wetlands protections and then claiming it was Congress's fault; http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2002Jan20.html
* Confusion from threatening to pull out from, and then agreeing grudgingly to enforce, the land use restrictions resulting from a settlement to a desert protection lawsuit her own agency had signed; http://www.latimes.com/news/state/20...000041483.html (archived) http://uniontrib.com/news/uniontrib/fri/index.html (archived)
* Refusal to adopt a non-retaliation policy to protect agency scientists, following the abrupt termination of a mapmaker, attracting both national and international publicity and featured in a Doonesbury series. http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Ar...169290,00.html http://www.defenders.org/den/dl00036. #SEVEN
"Scientists, law enforcement officers, land managers and other staff within Interior are dispirited and dismayed by the Secretary's performance," Ruch concluded. "If Gale Norton is trying to stimulate early retirement of her professional staff, she is doing a bang-up job."
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http://www.honestchief.com/ Website of fired whistleblower Federal Parks Police Chief, Teresa Chambers
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...-2004Jul9.html
Park Police Chief Fired After Dispute, Suspension
By Karlyn Barker
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, July 10, 2004; Page A01
The Interior Department yesterday fired Teresa C. Chambers as chief of the U.S. Park Police, acting seven months after suspending her for going public with her concerns about money and staffing.
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