Posted on 01/24/2002 3:21:46 PM PST by fivetoes
To: President George W. Bush, Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton, United States Congress, Western State Governors
Seven employees from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Forest Service and Washington state falsified data during a three year study of the habitat of the Canadian lynx in Washington state. They submitted hair samples from captive lynx and tried to pass them off as wild. None of the scientists were fired! They were sent to counseling and given different jobs.
The lynx survey would have been used to establish land-use rules in 16 states and 57 national forests. These agencies are falsifying species and habitat studies to stop logging, ranching, hunting, skiing, off road vehicle recreation and mining on the federal land. A federal listing could potentially bar millions of acres of land from public use. These agencies cannot be trusted to make fair or competent decisions about our nation's resources.
The investigation of the lynx survey has also raised the suspicion of data falsification on other species issues.
The spotted owl counts were taken by listening to their calls, not by sight. Rumors have it that environmentalists had learned to make the calls and positioned themselves in the woods during the counts.
The grizzly bear is currently listed as a threatened species, but environmentalists are pushing for endangered status. In March of 2001 a state fish and wildlife biologist asked a taxidermist for grizzly bear hair samples from a bear that was shot on a hunt in Alaska.
Canada lynx is native to Canada. Canada has such a thriving population it still allows trapping.
Representative Scott McInnis of Colorado has scheduled hearings, while several agencies are investigating how far the bio-fraud extended.
The Endangered Species Act has the power to prohibit the use of land, both public and private from commercial and recreational use based on scientific fact.
We encourage you to join Mr. McInnis in his pursuit of the truth in this matter.
We demand that there be a Congressional investigation into the validity of the data presented by Federal and State agencies in classifying species of animals as threatened or endangered.
If fraud is found to have been committed against the citizens of the United States we demand perpetrators of such fraud be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
BUMP
Stop Bio-fraud, Investigate ESA Input Data
If you are not sure what this is all about get the pdf file which is a compilation of news articles from various sources gathered on the internet. The sources are: The Washington Times, The Washington Post, The Seattle Times, Sierra Times, FOX News, Free-Market.net, Seattle Post-Intellengencer, The Boston Globe and the U.S. Forest Service and many more. It is an PDF format and you can get it here. lynxfraud.pdf
Grab the pdf and use it as a resource to write your congress critter or favorite news reporter. This really does need to be investigated. The only way it will be is to yell and scream about it. If the fraudulent taking of our public land does not interest you read no further, take no action.
Someday you will want to take your children or your grandchildren to a public forest and it will be off limits to humans to preserve the habitat for an animal that is NOT there.
UPDATE
I have updated the pdf file with the 9 more news articles on January 29, 2002. This thing is exploding with interest.
Sign the petition now! Let Congress know you want an investigation!
Rep. James Hansen (R-Utah), chairman of the U.S. House Resources Committee, and Rep. Scott McInnis (R-Colorado), chairman of the U.S. House Forest Subcommittee have requested that the Government Accounting Office (GAO) investigate the incident. Rep. McInnis plans to hold hearings before the Forest subcommittee this spring.
Scream Loud! Scream Now!
People were not warned about ENRON, but you are being warned about this. Hopefully we will not have to wake up one day and wonder what happened. Sign the petition and pass it along to anyone you can thing of who enjoys the freedom of the great outdoors.
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