The American public has awakened and is acutely aware of the damage environmentally-driven policy is doing to America’s citizens and economy. The decision not to add the sand dune lizard to the list of species protected under the Endangered Species Act, announced Wednesday by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), was precipitated by public involvement as the citizens of Texas and New Mexico wrote the FWS, showed up at public rallies, and spoke up at official hearings in opposition to the listing. The listing of the sand dune lizard had the potential annual cost of more than $35 billion to the American economy due to lost oil production alone.
Most endangered species listings are proposed and then listed with little fanfare. The public is often totally unaware the listing is possible and the negative economic consequences on the local and national economy are not considered. But this time, it was different. Armed with the history of the devastating impacts an endangered species listing can have on communities and economies—such as the spotted owl and the delta smelt—New Mexico Congressman Steve Pearce drew a line in the sand and stood up for the citizens who would be impacted most by the proposed listing of the sand dune lizard. Congressman Pearce’s efforts were augmented by Texas Congressman Mike Conaway and Texas Senator John Cornyn—each deserves plaudits from the people.
In December of 2010, the FWS announced the nomination of the sand dune lizard for listing as an endangered species—a move that was prompted by a petition filed by the Center for Biological Diversity and the Chihuahuan Desert Conservation Alliance.
Read more at EPAabuse.com. By Marita Noon.
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Every person who looses a home to wild fires should be able to sue environmentalists for their stance on not controled burning underbrush because of some frog or whatever.The same goes for farmers who need water for crops but are being screwed by these Eco nuts because of some stupid fish.Put enoug of these idiots in the poor house and they will quit being obstructionists.
THe EPA needs to be defunded and it's police like, law making actions reduced to little of nothing and the enviro-whackos that use this office as a springboard for money, position and power should be forced to get down on their hands and knees and eat the dirt they see as precious…