Posted on 11/22/2012 8:46:38 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
The Obama administration announced with little fanfare Thanksgiving eve plans to lock up nine million acres of land for the endangered Northern Spotted Owl.
The plan would double the amount of public forest lands proposed by the Bush administration for the owls habitat in Oregon, Washington and Northern California, and is expected to severely limit commercial activities like logging.
Rep. Doc Hastings (R-Wash.), chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, said he is concerned the plan will cost taxpayers millions of dollars.
Expanding the Northern Spotted Owls critical habitat will further endanger the timber industry, the thousands of jobs that the industry supports, and forest health, Hastings said.
The Counties are filing suit on Monday for failure to adequately consider the implications to public health, safety and economic impact. (They have 60 days to file.)
http://www.skamaniacounty.org/owl
http://www.klamathbasincrisis.org/forestsandlogging/fire/firebiggestthreatspottedowlsCBB072712.htm
How this is all tied to the rewilding of the West:
http://westinstenv.org/sosf/2012/03/21/a-voice-for-local-government-in-our-national-forests/
http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/08/29/49737.htm
I remember about a year and a half ago when someone (who may or may not be a co-worker of mine) came into the shop with a spotted owl stuck in the grill of his truck. We pondered what to do with it (with one idiot wanting to post pictures of it on Farcebook) and finally did just that - buried it.
He’s moving fast. Getting everything done he can before there is a chance something could happen to threaten the goals of his masters.
Write your Republican Representatives....NO BOEHNER.
Bump THAT!
This is freaking insane. We are now in a tyranny, it’s official. I live in this area. It’s already poverty stricken. I guess they want people in rural areas to curl up and die.
Actually more like American Bald Eagle when eating with ivory fork and spoon.
>>99.9% of all species that have ever inhabited this planet are now extinct, and still we get along......nobody will miss the Spotted Owl.>>
Exactly! The dinosaurs come to mind.
They still. taste like Chicken.
This is exactly what I told my family on Christmas Eve 2010. They thought I was crazy then and they still do. They all voted for Obama again instead of paying attention, or even bothering to ask me why I said that. It was a nice Thanksgiving without them.
It is because of the amount of land the male needs to have as his territory in order to mate. It’s not about food. I think if people knew this, they would burn the 9 million acres down in rage. One bird requires an obscene amount of territory in order to reproduce and everything must revolve around his pecker.
Amen! I was west of San Antonio over the holidays. A guy who grew up in the little town where I was staying said most of the ranches in the county had been bought by corporations. I swear I only saw about 10 cows and I drove all over the county. I wonder about these “corporations”. The first thing I thought was “Agenda 21”.
Also, everyone I talked to in that town said they were stocking up on food and ammo and are very worried about what’s coming. This town is so conservative there hasn’t been a democrat on the ballot in years. I may move there. It sounds like a good place to make a stand. Then again, the town IS surrounded by those “corporations”.
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