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endangered species: FSEEE Spokes Hole says '50 fish are more precious than 80 homes' - sues fire dept. - 12/17/09 06:35 PM
From the 'truth is stupider than fiction' file - a group calling themselves the Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics or FSEEE (a non-profit group headquartered in Oregon not to be confused with the actual US Forest Service or their employees) hasfiled a notice of intent to file a lawsuit against the US Department of Commerce, the California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection and the Santa Barbara Fire Department this week. The lawsuit is in response to the Santa Barbara fire last spring called the Jesusita Fire which burned over 8,700 acres, threatened more than 500 homes, burned 80 homes … (6 comments)

endangered species: Lawsuit filed after 15 year US Fish & Wildlife stall on the Kangaroo Rat. - 12/15/09 06:29 PM
The Stephens Kangaroo Rat is back in the news.
Long-time area Realtors® remember the furor caused by the Stephens Kangaroo Rat back in the early to mid 90's. Back then rural construction, most notably in our budding Wine Country, nearly ground to a halt with the discovery of habitat potentially favored by this little critter. The fact that the same scrub Chaparral was also supposedly a favorite breeding ground for the Quino Checkerspot Butterfly and the California Coastal Gnatcatcher made it virtually impossible to obtain building permits until more reasonable minds prevailed. Farmers and developers had their land declared worthless and … (0 comments)

endangered species: ENDANGERED FECES! What? Oh, never mind then. - 02/14/09 02:25 PM
So I'm reading an article in the Obama TIME Magazine a week or so ago (formerly just TIME Mag, now it's Obama TIME all the TIME), and I'm reading an article by Richard Stolley about a crisis facing the residents of the tiny town of Cloudcroft, New Mexico.
Cloudcroft is facing a crisis because of another type of resident, the Sacramento Mountains Checkerspot Butterfly. Seems the biological clock is ticking down on the butterfly and 'the usual suspect' blame mankind. The towns main industry, timber, was shut down in 1993 in response to environmental demands to save the Mexican Spotted … (16 comments)