Because, as you know, the Federal Government finds ways to limit States' activities on their own land, as long as it is trapped in a Federal...
Does any of the panel know whether the Forest Service has a disposal list, as does the BLM?
The ESA is a subject that needs attention, having its authorization lapse more than 25 years ago.
You get a lot more common sense the closer to the ground you get.
Are you aware of any instances where the Endangered Species Act has prevented either coal mining or oil and gas development?
Absolutely they should, and that was a big, big focus of my testimony.
It absolutely is affecting hunting opportunities and affecting people's ability to harvest elk, for example.
Are there tribal members on the reservation who use big game or wild meat as their main source of protein through the winter?
Are you aware of the goalpost ever moving? In other words, once a species reaches that criteria, the criteria was changed?
Is it true that when a species is headed for listing, that recovery criteria are established?
The ultimate goal of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 was species recovery.
Absolutely I think that we need to do something about de-listing.
I am here to tell you that we can have both, thriving wildlife populations and good paying jobs created by coal.
So it monetizes the conservation of land.
There are a lot more grizzlies than there were.
The Endangered Species Act should not force us to choose wildlife over humans and the economic opportunity necessary to my family and my tri...
And when you have depletions of ungulates, especially huntable ungulates, in those kind of proportions, do the number of hunting licenses th...
I am very anxious to find a 21st century conservation strategy that will have robust conservation of species.
