Posted on 04/11/2015 7:21:51 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
The federal government will investigate whether the western pond turtle -- found along the West Coast, including in Marin -- should get Endangered Species Act protection.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will conduct a one-year status review on the turtle, which faces declines of up to 99 percent in some areas.
"As the West Coast's only native freshwater turtles, western pond turtles are integral to the wild places where they live," said Collette Adkins, biologist for the Center for Biological Diversity, which petitioned the agency for the protection in 2012. "Threats like habitat destruction from urbanization and agriculture are driving western pond turtles toward extinction."
The turtles are already listed as a "species of special concern" in California.
(Excerpt) Read more at contracostatimes.com ...
kind of like the iRS and the Tea Party.. and legal residents.
There goes desalinization out the window!
Western Pond Turtles in Washington
http://wdfw.wa.gov/conservation/western_pond_turtle/
tastes just like chicken.. or so I hear.
All water reserves goes to the pond turtle!
What a crock. The irrigation canals and flood control channels are full of them. But I suppose the enviro-cops aren’t checking those places.
We need to declare Christians an endangered species.
Which is more ‘integral’? some turtles bite it or man gets wiped out from malnutritution? remember the mountain pika?
Oh goodie, another species to protect. Meanwhile the murder of babies continues.
I hope they dont eat longfin smelt. or we could have a real mess in court.. I hope the Judge likes deep fried.:-)
after Hoover, some say it was all downhill.. history repeating itself? :-o
When will the taxpaying, heterosexual, white male homo sapiens get Endangered Species Act protection?
The federal weaponization of wildlife, brought to you by the Endangered Species Act.
what's wrong with that question?
I see the rabid, anti-outdoorsman (i.e.: hunters, fishermen, 4 wheelers), eviro group, Center for Biological Diversity strikes again.
” The irrigation canals and flood control channels are full of them.”
Uh, those aren’t pond turtles. They are ....
Channel Turtles.
Can we protect the baby humans killed by abortion?
“another species to protect. Meanwhile the murder of babies continues.”
PERFECT STATEMENT.
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