[jimtorr]

Remember the hoo-haw about the Northern Spotted Owl, in Or. and Wa.? Nobody bothered to check the science then. The allegation that nobody bothered to check on was that this owl would only nest in Old Growth Forests.

The way that they faked it up was to only count the owls actually nesting in Old Growth Forests. Since OGF are prime candidates for logging, there was less and less OFGs, therefore fewer and fewer owls.

It has been proven since that the N. Spotted Owl actually could not care less where it nests, it merely prefers big, old trees as a first choice. The critters will nest anywhere.

[WorkingClassFilth]

Not only that, but the Court's ruling, based on the specious evidence, closed off thousands of acres of forest to lumber sales and sank dozens of small industries and hundreds of rural jobs. Generational enterprises went belly up and rural America was depopulated just a little bit more.

But then, the real intent of 'environmentalism' isn't really to save the owls, is it?