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Julie MacDonald

  • Report: ESA decisions were all tainted for five years

    Ralph Maughan

    Julie MacDonald interfered with every ESA decision for political reasons- A high-ranking Interior Department official tainted nearly every decision made on the protection of endangered species over five years, a new inspector general report finds, concluding she exerted improper political interference on many more rulings than previously thought. Julie MacDonald was deputy assistant secretary of…

  • USFWS greatly expands proposed critical habitat for lynx

    Ralph Maughan

    This is a great improvement over their first proposal, which was pathetic, and, once again, this new proposal was strongly influenced by the effect of disgraced Julie MacDonald, the deputy assistant secretary of Interior who was far too friendly with industry lobbyists. So many species have advanced, although not yet to the final stage since…

  • U.S. to reconsider prairie dog status

    Ralph Maughan

    U.S. to reconsider prairie dog status. By Clair Johnson. Billings Gazette. Once again there is more endangered species fallout from the corrupt reign of Jule MacDonald’s period as a Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Department of Interior. A status review will begin for the white tailed prairie dog.

  • Sage grouse decision may have big consequences

    Ralph Maughan

    The decision could have widespread ramifications for sage grouse habitat, which includes portions of at least eight Western states, including large swaths of Montana and Wyoming and the Powder River Basin, where there’s intense interest in energy development. Brodie Farquhar has an article about the politics of it in Wyoming. ‘Wyoming officials say listing the…

  • Judge Winmill: Government must reconsider giving the sage grouse protection under the ESA

    Ralph Maughan

    Talk about a blockbuster decision! Once again Julie MacDonald’s corrupt procedures at Interior have rebounded. The lawsuit was filed by Western Watersheds Project, and was represented by the conservation law firm, Advocates for the West. Story by Rocky Barker in the Idaho Statesman. Judge: Government must reconsider sage grouse I see where this is the…

  • More endangered species rulings reversed where Julie MacDonald had influence

    Ralph Maughan

    Julie MacDonald, the one-woman endangered species wreking crew, figures in yet another case of “inappropriate influence.” The US Fish and Wildlife Service will now revisit the white-tailed prairie dog, Preble’s meadow jumping mouse,  the Canada lynx, the Hawaiian picture-wing fly, the Arroyo toad, and the California red-legged frog. Story in the Denver Post. Endangered species…

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