Shoot, shovel & shut up

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^ | Monday, April 5, 2004 | Ralph R. Reiland

[Willie Green]

My first reaction if I spotted a red-cockaded woodpecker in our yard would probably be to fill the bird feeder and toss around some bread. If I saw him twice, I'd most likely buy another birdhouse, with a hole fitted to woodpeckers. The last thing I'd do is run for my gun, or cut down the tree. But that's exactly what people are doing, thanks to the pro-bird bureaucrats in the federal government.

[Willie Green]

In the FR archives: a different article (on basicly the same topic) by a different author has the same title: "Shoot, Shovel, and Shut Up"

[Willie Green]

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[Teacher317]

bttt

[Poohbah]

There are persistent rumors that a few of the more "social skills challenged" ecofreaks (read: the most uptight and obnoxious do-gooders) have been S-cubed when they set out to tell those "dumb ignorant hicks" to protect the Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse, or the Stevens Kangaroo Rat.

[2banana]

The unintended consequences of feel good policies and politics. I am waiting for an article to determine how many US service personnel have died in Iraq due to the fact that land mines could not be used because Princess Di thought they were icky-pooh.

[neverdem]

BTTT

[Grammy]

Mr Grammy figures the best way to remove something from the endangered species list is to declare it good for dinner..... witness the buffalo.

[correctthought]

What's S-Cubed?

[Politically Correct]

Shoot
Shovel
Shut-up

or S³

[freedomlover]

My family is tangentially linked to the pine forestry industry in Georgia. I know for a FACT that the last thing a pine farmer is going to do is let ONE pine get older than 30 years old, even if is not cost wise to cut it for the pulp/lumber. If the wrong bird gets into an old growth pine stand, the feds cordon off a good 5-10 acres for protection. And that land is never touched again.

FWIW

[expatpat]

This can't happen! There is no Law of Unintended Consequences according to liberals, so this can't be happening.

[correctthought]

Thanks

[Modernman]

Environmental laws impose the costs of majority opinion onto the minority. My take on this has always been simple- if we, as a society, feel that the red-headed whatever is worth protecting, then we should use the eminent domain power to take the relevant property and pay the landowners for such takings. We should not force individual landowners to pay the cost of maintaining these laws.

[Modernman]

Mr Grammy figures the best way to remove something from the endangered species list is to declare it good for dinner..... witness the buffalo.

South Africa used to have a law that if a hunter shot a big cat on someone's property, he had to pay the owner a somewhat hefty sum. The amount in question made it worthwhile for ranchers and farmers to allow lions, leopards etc. to remain on their ranches, since the loss of an occasional livestock animal was worth the payoff. When this law was in place, South Africa's big cats had stable populations. International environmentalists eventually pressured SA to change the law, making hunting big cats illegal. The result? With no financial incentive to keep the cats around, farmers S-cubed them and the big cats became endangered in SA, too.

[Frohickey]

hehehe... S^3. neato.

[sergeantdave]

S-Cubed

Sounds like a possible business venture.

Buy a fleet of vans under the business name "S-Cubed." Each van is loaded with lumberjacks, ditch diggers, and wildlife scientists. S-Cubed can go on your land, and for a price, change it so no endangered species will consider it.

[Poohbah]

The 20th Rule of Acquisition: "A wise man can hear profit on the wind."

[RikaStrom]

Isn't this one the truth!

[Chewbacca]

The Ferengi are my role models.
Pure Capitalists.