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Groups sue for endangered species act status for wolverines

Ralph Maughan

ESA suit on wolverines-

The Bush//Kemphthorne Interior Dept. of course rejected the petition to list the wolverine. The evidence is that the decision was made at high levels of Interior, not at the scientific level. Is anyone surprised?

So sue the bastards again.

Lawsuit seeks Species Act protection for wolverine. By Susan Gallagher. Associated Press.

News release from the Center for Biological Diversity.  Politics Overrules Biologists’ Views in Wolverine Decision  Bush Administration Continues to Ignore Science, Imperil Species

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  1. John Avatar
    John

    Never expected that from you Ralph.

    When it comes to ecological concerns its science first, politics later (or never).

  2. Ralph Maughan Avatar
    Ralph Maughan

    John,

    What didn’t you expect from me?

  3. John Avatar
    John

    “Sue the bastards again”
    Though I’m not saying it was not appropriately placed.

  4. frank Avatar
    frank

    All people get frustrated. I assume you are Ralph. We just have to hope this eventually ends.

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Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University. He was a Western Watersheds Project Board Member off and on for many years, and was also its President for several years. For a long time he produced Ralph Maughan’s Wolf Report. He was a founder of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. He and Jackie Johnson Maughan wrote three editions of “Hiking Idaho.” He also wrote “Beyond the Tetons” and “Backpacking Wyoming’s Teton and Washakie Wilderness.” He created and is the administrator of The Wildlife News.

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