Since '01, Guarding Species Is Harder
Posted March 25, 2008
Since '01, Guarding Species Is Harder: Endangered Listings Drop Under Bush
From The Washington Post, March 23, 2008 (click here to read article)
black-tailed prairie dog
The Washington Post reports that the Bush administration has erected bureaucratic barriers that make it substantially harder to designate domestic animals and plants for protection under the Endangered Species Act. Staff have been barred from using information in agency files that might support new listings; senior officials have repeatedly dismissed the views of scientific advisers on imperiled plants and animals; and officials changed the way species are evaluated under the law so the only consideration is where they live now, versus where they used to exist.
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Since '01, Guarding Species Is Harder: Endangered Listings Drop Under Bush
From The Washington Post, March 23, 2008 (click here to read article)
black-tailed prairie dog
The Washington Post reports that the Bush administration has erected bureaucratic barriers that make it substantially harder to designate domestic animals and plants for protection under the Endangered Species Act. Staff have been barred from using information in agency files that might support new listings; senior officials have repeatedly dismissed the views of scientific advisers on imperiled plants and animals; and officials changed the way species are evaluated under the law so the only consideration is where they live now, versus where they used to exist.
Related Blog Article
Politics and the Jaguar
Sites of Interest
Center for Biological Diversity
Defenders of Wildlife
Wild Earth Guardians
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