they have always dragged their feet...while they continue to drag their
feet species dissaper, not to mention vital habitat...i'm not sure what
they're teachiing you down there, but...i grew up in that area of the
world and it's tree farm hell...my father was well on his way to being a
third generation logger when they ran out of trees...at least the ones
accessible to the single family sawmill...yes, when my father found out
that his job was to be no more, he found something else to do...the moral
of the story is: the corporate powers that cut the forest in your neck of
the woods are the same ones that fund your school!
sincerely
tired of your wimpy bullshit
On Wed, 30 Nov 1994, Steve Meyers wrote:
> I know the reason why the USFWS is dragging their feet.
>
> SEE: Sweet Home Chapter of Communities for a Great Oregon
> v.
> Bruce BABBITT, Secretary of the Interior
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> This case was Decided on July 23, 1993, and then denied on May 2, 1994.
>
> The US Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, denied the US Fish and
> Wildlife Service to use its expansive definition of "harm" to include "habitat
> modifications." To "harm" an endangered species is to "take", which is in
> violation of the Endangered Species Act.
>
> If the USFWS pursues its expansive definition of "harm" in other locations
> (i.e. Arizona, NM) they might lose their muscle in requiring the forest
> industry to avoid habitat modifications on private lands.
>
> Ruling on the Sweet Home Case:
>
> The Court of Appeals, per curiam, held that
> regulation defining "harm" to an endangered species to include
> ...habitat modification... did NOT violate the Endangered Species Act.
>
> Next Stop, THE US SUPREME COURT !!!
>
> To the extremist: There are already enough regulations on the books to
> protect most threatened or endangered species. You continue crying that
> "it isn't enough." If things keep going the way they are... We may lose
> the regulations that we have NOW.
>
> Sincerly,
>
> A Practical Environmentalist
>
>
>
>
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