Posted on 06/30/2023 3:41:06 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. wildlife managers on Friday proposed federal protections for a rare lizard found only in parts of one of the world’s most lucrative oil and natural gas basins.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said the dunes sagebrush lizard should be listed as an endangered species due to the ongoing threats of energy development, mining and climate change in southeastern New Mexico and West Texas. The agency will be collecting public comments on the proposed listing through Sept. 1.
Environmentalists have been pushing for protections for the reptile for decades, resulting in petitions and lawsuits. There have also been conservation agreements, but some groups have criticized them for not doing enough to protect the lizard’s habitat.
“The dunes sagebrush lizard is marvelously adapted for life in extreme environments but it needs our help to survive the oil and gas industry’s destruction,” Michael Robinson, with the Center for Biological Diversity, said in a statement. “The Service needs to move quickly to implement these long-overdue protections.”
Biologists aren’t able to say how many lizards might exist because there are so few of them and they’re hard to detect, making precise counts very difficult. However, they note there are fewer lizards detected in areas where there are more oil and gas wells or areas where habitat has been disturbed.
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How convenient.
Someone brought one in and said LOOK ,LOL
The header “Contributing to National Suicide” should be used for posts such as these.
How long have they removed oil and natural gas from the basin and the lizard is still there ,shocking ,LOL
Since it’s thriving in an oil filed. They must keep it as an oil field.
Maybe we can all ride those lizards to work.
Yeeeeeehaaaaaa!
Indeed. I theorize that the oilfield activities are in fact necessary for the lizard's survival ... in order to improve the environment, and advance the lizard off the endangered species list, we need MORE oilfield activities!
Drill, baby, drill! Do it for the endangered lizards!
Suspect it will go from rare to extinct by the end of the week. . .
Come and listen to my story ‘bout a man named Jed
Poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed
Then one day he was shootin’ at a bear
And it turned out that critter was far too rare
(Endangered, that is, too shy to breed)
Looks like a Mountain Boomer to me. Lots of them around. Coloration varies by area, vegetation, etc.
Yep. Looks like the zillions of lizards in my yard.
Get some male lizards and female lizards.
Advertise a government job…..
GS-15, Lizard Pimp
Well, that should bring the price of a gallon of gas down right away!
Wait. WHUT? ;)
Lizards gotta drive too.
The critter is a pawn of the antidevelopment drones. Usually the critter loses.
The inevitable reaction to finding an endangered critter on ones property are the 3 S’s: Shoot, Shovel and Shutup.
Well played sir!
All that hullabaloo for a f’n lizzard while no one gives a shit about the country and its energy industry.
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