-Caveat Lector- http://www.nationalcenter.org/TSR73101.html Endangered Species Act Excesses Come Home to Roost in Metropolitan East Coast DATE: July 31, 2001 BACKGROUND: "They've given the birds the beach," Tom Scionti, a 19-year old resident of Long Island New York, told the Associated Press. "I have nothing against the birdsbut they have carried this to an all-time extreme." His comments came as the Fish and Wildlife Service closed off miles of beach in and around West Hampton Dunes on the island to protect the endangered piping plover, which nests there. TEN SECOND RESPONSE: Finally people in the northeast are getting a small taste of the great abuses people in the west have been suffering for years under the Endangered Species Act. THIRTY SECOND RESPONSE: While wealthy residents and vacationers in the Hamptons were complaining about a longer walk to the beach this summer, 1,400 families in the Klamath Valley of California and Oregon lost their crops and nearly their farms, all due to Endangered Species Act enforcement. Perhaps northeasterners and others in metropolitan areas will begin to understand that the ESA is hugely flawed and urge their representatives and senators to reform it. DISCUSSION: The Endangered Species Act (ESA) has a dubious record of protecting species. Nearly two-thirds of all species that have made it off the list were delisted because subsequent studies found they were never endangered in the first place. Two alleged successes of the Act, the bald eagle and the peregrine falcon recovered because of the ban on DDT, as DDT was causing these birds to lay eggs with fragile shells. The ban had nothing to do with ESA. The ESA has been very successful, however, at halting numerous human activities, including farming in the Klamath Valley, until Secretary of Interior Norton ordered enough irrigation water to be released to allow growing of winter feed for livestock. To find out more how the holding back of water to protect the sucker fish affected Americans in the Klamath valley, read National Policy Analysis #345, "In the Klamath Basin, Farmers and Ranchers are Becoming the Real Endangered Species," by Gretchen Randall, at http://www.nationalcenter.org/NPA345.html. by Tom Randall, Director of Environmental and Regulatory Affairs, The National Center for Public Policy Research Contact the author at 773-857-5086 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] The National Center for Public Policy Research, Chicago office 3712 N. Broadway PMB 279 Chicago, IL 60613 <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
