PEER and CBD are at it again - Amargosa River

[Sandpirates2]

Looks like the greenie's are on the roll again in the local area. In yesterday's news paper Las Vegas Review (Wednesday Feb 27.) B Section Page 5.

Nevada Species - Group seek protection from Amargosa Toad

Two enviromental groups are seeking federal protection for a species of toad in Nevada. The groups say the Amargosa Toad is threatened by encroaching development and "off-road" vehicles and should be protected under the Endangered Species Act.

The Amargosa Toad lives in a 10 miles stretch along the Amargosa River in the Oasis Valley near Beatty, NV. The Center for Biological Diversity (CDB) and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) say they filed a petition Tuesday with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

So bacicly, they lost their first petition, as the results from Fish and Wildlife report adivised that the toad in question was scattered all over the place and not just there, so there going to try it again....loosers. Too bad we cant counter suit against them for wasting our Tax Dollars on issues already proven. The Fish and Wildlife Service should make these A$$hats :freakin_nuts: provide a full-on non-bias study from 3 independant sources not align with CDB or PEER and at their cost to prove their petition supports another look into this, instead of wasting our tax money on BS claims.

See prior report http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-SPECIES/19...1/pr-10093.html

Edited February 28, 2008 by Sandpirates2

[SandBox_Kid]

Too bad we cant counter suit against them for wasting our Tax Dollars on issues already proven. The Fish and Wildlife Service should make these A$$hats :freakin_nuts: provide a full-on non-bias study from 3 independant sources not align with CDB or PEER and at their cost to prove their petition supports another look into this, instead of wasting our tax money on BS claims.

I agree. It's a form of harassment if you ask me. Thanks for the info.

[v8rail]

there is more :

Tiny rabbit may cause jumbo-size headache

By MARK WAITE

The pygmy rabbit is a cute, one-pound, one-foot-long mammal that likes to hang out in tall, dense sagebrush.

But the tiny animal could be the latest addition to the list of creatures covered by the Endangered Species Act in a large swath of Nevada.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced in the Jan. 8, Federal Register, the beginning of a 60-day comment period to list the pygmy rabbit, Brachylagus idahoensis, as threatened or endangered under the 1973 act.

The notice sets in process a review to determine if listing the species is warranted. A rough outline of the habitat for the pygmy rabbit includes much of western Nevada roughly north of Beatty, into central Oregon and Idaho, but excluding much of eastern and southern Nevada. It would include areas like Tonopah.

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Pahrump Valley Times