Posted on 03/15/2016 11:22:38 AM PDT by PROCON
So True.
Of course, what remains unspoken is that the military has been using 29 Palms for training and maneuvers since the 1920’s and was the site of massive training operations during the WWII period and still there are plenty of Desert Tortoises living on the ranges and doing fine despite a near century of military activities.
All the BLM has done is ensure that the Desert Tortoises still left in 29 Palms ecosystem will become extinct due to the BLM engineered population collapse, along with any other members of the ecosystem that rely on the desert tortoise for it's survival
Government loves playing God.
How hard are they to catch? How far do they need moving?
If easy and <100 miles, I ‘ll do it for $1,000 each.
Drop in the bucket. If you travel along paved highways in the Mojave, you will frequently see the little fences, about 6” high, along both sides of the highway. at intervals, there is an underpass from one side to the other for the convenience of desert tortises desiring to cross the road.
If you spend a lot of time in the desert, you will observe that there are quite a few of these little buggers. The census people either did their surveys in the Walmart parking lot, or they went to the only parts of the desert missing these creatures. The only life forms threatened are the taxpayers.
Hey! Shut up! We’re making money over here.
Dead turtles be damned.
Hell, I’ll move em for $40,000 each!
Many of the turtles have mortgages or second mortgages. I suspect most of the cost here is tied into buying out debts.
But I agree, more madness though the shock value left me years ago with the $25,000 hammers.
The tortoises, of course, will die, all of them.
Off-topic, but you know how during construction season you can drive miles and miles seeing traffic cones lined up on either side of the road, but no construction going on and the road really doesn’t look like it needs much work?
I always wonder who owns that traffic cone company, and which one of their relatives controls the local Highway Fund.
They will spend the rest of their lives trying to get back home.
This one seems to want to stay far from his original home and has taken to his new one quite well.
Yup, I believe it. During training if they came across one they had to stop everything and call in a rescue team. If the turtle pees (which they all do—I used to rescue the boxers in MO that were crossing the road. B4 they got squashed), if the desert turtle pees, they die from lack of fluids.
Hey, at least the boots were learning about the restrictive Rules of Engagement before going to the front./s kinda
Jeb! the turtle fancier should weigh in on this, now that he has time on his hands.
Jeb’s turtles?
The $50M is a pay-off. The contract will go to some well-connected environmental outfit, and the rest will shut up, because they know the Gravy Train will be hitting their stop soon.
I think it was this area where the filming of the bonfire scene in “Uncommon Valor” was so problematic. They had to dig a pit for the fire so it couldn’t be seen by sea turtles. It’s really amazing that turtles lasted 250 million years without all this liberal help.
More desert tortoises are killed (and eaten) each year by ravens than by any other means...yet, ravens are a protected migratory species.
Envirowhackos are to blame here. Each military installation has a Bio-environmental office responsible for ensuring the applicable laws are followed, and follow them the military will or get fined by the USG.
What a tangled web the USG weaves...
With $50Million, I would buy a helicopter and big RV... and live large watching my turtle families grow!
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