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“Throwing the baby out with the bathwater”,was the first thing I thought when I read this article. I suppose they believe that it is better to burn an entire ecosystem to the ground, not to mention the homes and human life in the hopes of saving an endangered mushroom from the fire retardant designed to save all of the above.

This kind of lunacy must stop before it is too late!

By JEFF BARNARD
AP Environmental Writer

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) – A federal judge Wednesday ordered the U.S. Forest Service to take a tougher look at the possibility that routinely dropping toxic fire retardant on wildfires from airplanes will kill endangered fish and plants.

U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy in Missoula, Mont., ruled that the current environmental assessment is inadequate in light of federal biologists’ findings that fire retardant that lands in creeks and on rare plants jeopardize the survival of endangered species and their habitat.

Molloy did not restrict the use of fire retardant this summer, but in a sternly written order gave the Forest Service until the end of 2011 to do a tougher environmental impact statement. He warned the agency could be found in contempt for failing to meet the deadline and refused to hear further arguments on the issue.

He also sent environmental analyses in support of the Forest Service assessment, known as biological opinions, back to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service…….. (more…)

The Yellowstone – Mexico Border

To the untrained eye it would appear that Mexico is a very long way from Yellowstone….you would be wrong!

In 1995 the USFWS released illegally obtained Wolves, against the will of the states of Wyo, Mont and Idaho, into Yellowstone. In the year 2000 there was 19,500 Elk in the N Yellowstone Elk Herd by 2003 there were 9,450? Today there are only 2,200 Elk left of what once was the greatest Elk  herd in the World. The Gardiner Elk hunt for this year has been canceled and will probably never happen again in my life time.

Over 24,000 Mexicans have been killed since 2008 (a conservative estimate). All have died as a result of America’s appetite for drugs. The USA also has an appetite for Nature, seems odd but dead bodies seem to be the indicator of trends for Ecologists.

While it would be arrogant to say that all Ecologists “Smoke Pot “and therefore they are responsible for all the Dead Mexicans . On the other hand it wouldn’t be arrogant to say that “All Environmentalists are responsible for over 90,000 Dead Elk in seven years “……which bodes the question ,”If they could kill 90,000 Elk in seven years , they could do 24,000 Mexicans with their eyes closed (and they are ) ! ……remember these are the same people who hold “Abortion as a Sacred Right”…… (more…)

“We reached the old wolf in time to watch a fierce green fire dying in her eyes. I realized then, and have known ever since, that there was something new to me in those eyes – something known only to her and to the mountain. I was young then, and full of trigger-itch; I thought that because fewer wolves meant more deer, that no wolves would mean hunters’ paradise. But after seeing the green fire die, I sensed that neither the wolf nor the mountain agreed with such a view.”
-Aldo Leopold Thinking Like a Mountain

Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) is considered the father of wildlife ecology. He is best known for his book, A Sand County Almanac. The Almanac reflects a lifetime of observation and thought. It led to a philosophy for discovering what it means to live in harmony with the land.

What Aldo experienced so long ago, while thinking like a mountain was Guilt, nothing more, nothing less. Each of us have felt it, each of us have had to deal with it. Each one of us was brought into this reality thru the same door and will leave thru the same window.

How each of us interprets a moment of guilt is personal, Aldo was caught up in remorse for the Killer, happens every day….(see “Che Guevara.”) We are no better than the wolf “,is a common Liberal- Save the World – Misconception . We are better than the wolf because we have to be…..it is a matter of “Survival”!……. (more…)

License to Kill

Published: July 21, 2010

(1) Any person may petition an agency for a declaratory order with respect to the applicability to specified circumstances of a rule, order, or statute enforceable by the agency. The petition shall set forth facts and reasons on which the petitioner relies to show:

(a) That uncertainty necessitating resolution exists;

(b) That there is actual controversy arising from the uncertainty such that a declaratory order will not be merely an advisory opinion;

(c) That the uncertainty adversely affects the petitioner;

(d) That the adverse effect of uncertainty on the petitioner outweighs any adverse effects on others or on the general public that may likely arise from the order requested; and

(e) That the petition complies with any additional requirements established by the agency under subsection (2) of this section.

(2) Each agency may adopt rules that provide for: (a) The form, contents, and filing of petitions for a declaratory order; (b) the procedural rights of persons in relation thereto; and (c) the disposition of those petitions. These rules may include a description of the classes of circumstances in which the agency will not enter a declaratory order and shall be consistent with the public interest and with the general policy of this chapter to facilitate and encourage agencies to provide reliable advice……. (more…)

Understanding wolf politics

Sportsman of today have bought the line that wolves are needed for a healthy
deer and elk herd. But what is the truth about the wolves. A old man once
told me track the money and you will find the answer to your question. Where
is the money on the wolf issue and who is benefiting?

Defenders of Wildlife (DOW) is an interesting group. Let me tell you a story
about Jamie Clark former Director of the US Fish and Wildlife services
(USFWS). The wolves were brought in under Ms. Clark watch. Ms. Clark formed
a partnership with DOW to pay livestock loses from wolf attacks. I didn’t
know that was legal for a Government agencies to become a partner with a Non
Governmental Organization (NGO) to make payment to a third party? Sound a
little fishy to me. One of the USFWS main job is to support hunting and
fishing. Why would they bring in a super predator that was going to cause
hunters to quit. In Michigan over 330,000 deer hunters have stop hunting
because of lack of deer. In my film I show from the Michigan DNR check in
reports, the radical drop in deer harvest by hunters where wolves are…… (more…)

…..Look very close, Do you see it?…… (more…)

Petition seeks to have wolves howl across US

Published – Jul 20 2010 07:58PM EST

By MATTHEW BROWN – Associated Press Writer

(AP Photo/Yellowstone National Park)

In this Feb. 16, 2006 photo provided by Yellowstone National Park, a gray wolf is seen on the run near Blacktail Pond in Yellowstone National Park in Park County, Wyo. Tens of thousands of gray wolves would be returned to the woods of New England, the mountains of California, the wide open Great Plains and the desert West under a scientific petition filed with the federal government Tuesday, July 20, 2010.

BILLINGS, Mont. — Tens of thousands of gray wolves would be returned to the woods of New England, the mountains of California, the wide open Great Plains and the desert West under a scientific petition filed Tuesday with the federal government…… (more…)

By KAREN BUDD FALEN

You will find ind some disappointing data regarding Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) and its cost to the American public. ESA process and litigation are NOT about saving species, it is about spending American taxpayer money. In an economic timewhere American jobs are scarce, private property rights are being taken and the federal deficit is trillions of dollars, certainly the federal government can find a better way to spend American taxpayer dollars than lining the pockets of radical environmental groups and their “pro bono” (i.e. allegedly free) attorneys and spending money on a program that by the federal government’s data is a complete failure.
The ESA was signed into law in 1978 with the best of intentions. However, over the years it has become the battle cry to eliminate private property rights and property use, shut down agriculture and other industries and fund radical environmental groups and their attorneys. There is not a single state within the United States that does not have listed, threatened or endangered species. It would not be so bad if the original intent of the ESA was followed and species were listed, then recovered, then removed from the list—but that is not what is happening…… (more…)