If Julie MacDonald had a farm (e-i-e-i-o), all the animals would die

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Interior Department official disparages endangered-species recommendations

 

If Julie MacDonald had a farm (e-i-e-i-o), all the animals would die. At least

six times since 2004, MacDonald -- deputy assistant secretary of the Interior

Department -- has rejected staff recommendations to protect susceptible flora

and fauna under the Endangered Species Act, documents show. The Interior

Department's inspector general is looking into the role of MacDonald, a Bush

appointee, who has admitted to overruling scientists' conclusions and mocking

employees' suggestions. In one instance, when scientists indicated that a

proposed road might hurt the habitat of the greater sage grouse, MacDonald wrote

in the margin: " Has nothing to do with sage grouse. This belongs in a treatise

on 'Why roads are bad'? " Shockingly, MacDonald's decisions have often benefited

landowners or industry. The Bush administration has placed about 10 species a

year on the list of threatened and endangered species, compared to 64 a year

under President Clinton and 59 a year under President George H.W. Bush.

 

 

straight to the source: The Washington Post, Juliet Eilperin, 30 Oct 2006

 

Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always

glorify the hunter