Posted on 06/16/2021 5:47:32 AM PDT by Kaslin
Environmental activists in the federal government are wasting no time recovering their Obama-era swagger and aggressively taking ground. On February 1, President Biden issued Executive Order 14008, which promotes a “whole of government” approach to fighting climate change. Four months later, we are starting to see what that looks like.
From the Treasury Department to the Department of the Interior, the federal government is pushing a radical agenda to control more of our property and activities.
For example, on May 26, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) proposed listing the Lesser Prairie Chicken under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). That was followed with a June 4 announcement that FWS and NOAA Fisheries will roll back five ESA regulations implemented by the Trump administration.
The Endangered Species Act is a favorite tool for environmental activists in and out of government. The ESA does not have a great track record of saving animals from threat or extinction. However, it is really good at filling the coffers of environmental groups through sue and settle schemes.
Interestingly, it seems as if the Lesser Prairie Chicken is being used as a tool to impact farmers and shale oil companies. Its primary habitat stretches from Texas and New Mexico to Kansas. That makes the Lesser Prairie Chicken very useful to environmental groups.
The “Lesser” in Lesser Prairie Chicken does not refer to the bird’s population size because the 2020 annual aerial survey by the Western Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies show the population has increased for eight consecutive years. The population increases are due to a multistate private effort to restore the bird’s critical habitat.
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I hear the Lesser Prairie Chicken also inhabits a lot of windy environments. Altamont pass and Banning pass are examples. We must protect them at all costs! So if we have anything that threatens them (like wind turbines...) we may need to tear it down. For the sake of the Lesser Prairie Chicken!
There is also the Nurovian waffle bug that needs to be protected. Sometimes the waffle bug and the Lesser Prairie Chicken are in the same habitat and these are very delicate environments.
You forgot to add the Nubian Acer tree the waffle bug inhabits. The Nubian Acer is found mostly in about 13% of the North American Urban areas. These must be protected at all costs.
I remember about twenty years ago when the Prairie Dog was said to be almost extinct. Yet I saw thousands of prairie dog towns where I used to live in the West.
Now it is the Lesser Prairie Chicken’s turn to get the animal rights people in a tizzy.
SAVE THE TEXAS PRAIRIE CHICKEN!!!
Thank you Mike Nesmith.
The continuation of the hugest theft in history.
Ya made me look it up.
Ugh!
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