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Wildlife officials: Bakersfield development threatens cactus
AP on Bakersfield Californian ^
| 3/6/08
| AP
Posted on 03/06/2008 1:15:59 PM PST by NormsRevenge
State wildlife officials have told city planners that an approved development slated to be built on Bakersfield's northeast bluffs threatens an endangered cactus.
The California Department of Fish and Game says a planned housing subdivision known as The Canyons would wipe out about 100 Bakersfield cactus plants, a species found only around the city.
The agency said the cactus could not recover from the loss.
If the project goes forward, the agency has threatened to void a 1994 agreement with the city allowing developers to destroy some endangered species in exchange for fees to conserve habitat elsewhere.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: California
KEYWORDS: bakersfield; cactus; development; threatens; wildlife
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To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
03/06/2008 1:17:00 PM PST
by
null and void
(I slept better when I thought our betters actually were better...)
.. a planned housing subdivision known as The Canyons would wipe out about 100 Bakersfield cactus plants, a species found only around the city.
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posted on
03/06/2008 1:17:14 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
To: null and void
We’d never survive as a a nation if we didn’t have the Bakersfield cactus poking us in the arse, yaknow. ;-)
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posted on
03/06/2008 1:17:53 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
To: NormsRevenge
Screw a whole bunch of cactus!
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posted on
03/06/2008 1:18:05 PM PST
by
Beckwith
(Dhimmicrats and the liberal media have chosen sides -- Islamofascism)
To: NormsRevenge
Is this a peek at what the future holds for carbon credits?
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posted on
03/06/2008 1:19:08 PM PST
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
To: Beckwith
Screw a whole bunch of cactus!Ummmmmm, the cactus is the one with all the pricks...
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posted on
03/06/2008 1:19:57 PM PST
by
null and void
(I slept better when I thought our betters actually were better...)
To: NormsRevenge
the cactus thing aside, it’s curious that they’re continuing to develop subdivisons with so many vacant houses on the market.
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posted on
03/06/2008 1:20:56 PM PST
by
kms61
To: NormsRevenge
Some species are more successful than others. If a species is found only within one small environmental niche, then it is not successful and may end up being pushed aside by a more successful species.
The Democrats are very big on teaching Evolution, but they don't like to see it practiced.
To: NormsRevenge
Perhaps the state agency could transplant them elsewhere in the Bakersfield area. Without work gloves, preferably.
To: Beckwith
Screw a whole bunch of cactus!”
Ok.....but.....you do it first.
;>)
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posted on
03/06/2008 1:27:23 PM PST
by
Gator113
(Serve your country today, fire a democrat.)
To: NormsRevenge
This is an issue that local enviros have been fighting over for several years now.
Whenever land grabbers run out of options, they always “discover” some damn rat or toad or weed that no one ever mentioned during the preceding five years of argument.
This racket has got to be stopped somehow or our nation is on the short path to ruin.
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posted on
03/06/2008 1:27:43 PM PST
by
ElkGroveDan
(When you choose the lesser of two evils, you still have evil.)
To: NormsRevenge
The California Department of Fish and Game says a planned housing subdivision known as The Canyons would wipe out about 100 Bakersfield cactus plants, a species found only around the city.It's getting to the point where the only thing the Greenies are going to understand is that two dark nights after another piece of nonsense like this, the California Department of Fish and Game receives a bag full of 100 cacti via anonymous UPS delivery.
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posted on
03/06/2008 1:29:47 PM PST
by
an amused spectator
(AGW: If you drag a hundred dollar bill through a research lab, you never know what you'll find)
To: NormsRevenge
Maybe the delelopers can buy some Catus Credits from Algore?
To: NormsRevenge
Good grief...
To: kms61
I live in the mountains above Bakersfield. Last time I drove down there were unfinished houses everywhere. Why they want to start a new development when they haven’t finished all the others they started is a bit strange.
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posted on
03/06/2008 1:34:05 PM PST
by
clilly54
To: NormsRevenge
A fix...kill all humans. Maybe the dinosaurs will return.
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posted on
03/06/2008 1:34:52 PM PST
by
gathersnomoss
(General George Patton had it right.)
To: Wombat Ark
That’s what I say....let the ecofreaks move the damn cactus to another location.
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posted on
03/06/2008 1:38:57 PM PST
by
july4thfreedomfoundation
(Change.....that's what we will have left in our pockets if a Democrat gets elected president!)
To: ClearCase_guy
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posted on
03/06/2008 1:40:45 PM PST
by
null and void
(I slept better when I thought our betters actually were better...)
To: NormsRevenge
why not clone a billion of these wonderful cacti and ask Hollywood libs to donate their yards for the survival of the species?
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posted on
03/06/2008 1:42:33 PM PST
by
Soliton
(McCain couldn't even win a McCain look-alike contest)
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