Florida as a Petri Dish
There are lessons galore for all states to ponder as Florida sinks into the quagmire of Federal intrusions on behalf of animal rights fanatics and environmental extremism. Florida has always had a particular problem with all manner of tropical and semi-tropical harmful and injurious plants arriving on everything from storms and freighters to tourists' bags and ballast discharges.
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A
Lesson from Europe
"It is worth asking ourselves why older European
nations without guaranteed rights like us, in more
socialist societies, and where many American freedoms
are unknown will stand up to those who would bully them
into being told what they can and cannot do." |
The
Arrogance Of Power
"CARA is proposed legislation that would provide $3
BILLION a year for 15 years to state agencies. This $45
BILLION would come from Federal offshore oil revenue and
be distributed to all states (including those who do not
allow offshore drilling) on a formula basis." ...
"The money is to be used for land acquisition and a
host of generic conservation pursuits like non-game
animals and recreation." |
Bye
- Bye Birdie
Today the
FWS Migratory Bird program is in disarray and crumbling
before our eyes. No, it will not disappear. Even worse,
it is steadily being changed into a hostage of the
environmental and animal rights agendas of nouveau
radical managers and employees. |
Dogs
and Otters
Discussions between dog
breeders about how hunting dogs are being bred
increasingly for beauty and home duties have things in
common with the arguments about whether otters are
usable furbearers or simply pretty and playful animals
to be saved and protected. |
Endangered
Species
The
devastation and illusions being created by the Endangered
Species Act continue to grow and harm more citizens and
threaten ever more components of this Nation. |
Invasive
Species - 9 Part Series (with 12 updates)
An expansion of US Federal jurisdiction is being
proposed to place "invasive" (or "non-native"
or "exotic" depending on interpretations)
species under Federal control. This series
of nine articles published on IWMC.org examines the
history, current activities, and likely future
developments of this issue. |
"Invasive"
Species? Make Up Your Mind
Just as hollow logs are not submarines, Invasive Species
do NOT threaten biodiversity. By definition, Invasive
Species are newly arrived plants or animals and unless
they make two or more plants or animals totally extinct
(an unlikely and statistically remote possibility) they
INCREASE BIODIVERSITY. |
Migratory
Birds Adieu
Up until twenty years ago, migratory bird management was
the backbone of the entire US Fish and Wildlife Service
(FWS). Today the FWS migratory bird program is in a
shambles and has an annual "$4.5 million dollar
shortfall." |
Migratory
Birds & Invasive Species
In 1918 the United States ratified a treaty with Great
Britain on behalf of Canada to protect and manage 212
species of birds that migrated annually between the two
countries. The Secretary of the Interior was given the
responsibility for implementing and enforcing the
treaty's provisions. |
Native
Ecosystems & Other Lies
Our
environment and all of its elements and effects are like
art. This natural fact transcends all of the propaganda
and "science" that asserts there is only one
"right" or "proper" or
"correct" or "best"
environment. |
Now
It's The Turn of Domestic Bird Owners
US Federal
Animal Welfare Act Targets Domestic Birds |
OH
MY!
Wolves are on the
verge of spreading like wildfire across the country. |
Sense
& Nonsense (Invasive Species)
...The State of New Jersey has found an
"alien" species of catfish in the Delaware
Raritan Canal... / ...an article in The Christian
Science Monitor warns us that Maryland now has snakehead
fish (called “Frankenfish” ala Boris Karlof) in the
Potomac River... |
Speaking
of Global Warming & Ivory-Billed Woodpeckers
Let me say
straight out, I am one of those flat-earth troglodytes
that questions global warming assertions and the
existence of any native Ivory-billed Woodpeckers in the
Unites States. |
The
Stench of Corruption
Thirty years ago the Endangered Species Act (ESA) began
its' evolution from a simple formula to save some plants
and animals from extinction to the dangerous government
aberration we know today. |
Thank
You Nebraska
On behalf of millions of urban residents across the
northern ˝ of the US,
thank you Nebraska. |
Uncle
Sam Needs You - To Fight Invasive Species
The most recent domestic danger to our American way of
life is the latest power-grab concoction of the
environmentalists, bureaucrats, and biology professors;
they call it Invasive Species. |
Why
I Hunt
Hunters, fishermen, and trappers have a very real stake
in maintaining the animals they pursue. The animals
provide pleasure, food, products, and an ancillary
industry that benefits the nation as well as each of us. |
Woodpecker Forensics
It is good
to see that folks that have experienced the effects of
Endangered Species declarations and their impacts on
citizens of all stripes understand the need to come
together with others who are similarly threatened. |
