Ah the lovely Gale Norton. I really don't follow politics enough to know many no names, but Grizzly Gale is becoming a common name in my political database of knowledge. I'm guessing she hates animals (never trust anyone who dislikes animals), and/or she has some financial stake in logging, cattle, or oil like good old Bushy.Interior Secretary Gale Norton said Tuesday that grizzly bear recovery has been a success because of cooperation between state and federal governments, along with biologists and conservation groups. She added, though, that the Bush Administration would like to see the law focused more on recovery efforts than on penalizing landowners who find endangered species on their land. Paraphrased as, "Let's lift the ban on killing Grizzly Bears!"
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Don't Lift Protection for Yellowstone Grizzlies
Subject: Do Not Remove Protection for Yellowstone Grizzly
The Yellowstone grizzly bear is an irreplaceable part of America's natural heritage, a symbol of the independence that defines the American character and an icon of all that is wild and free. Since it was first listed as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act in 1975, the grizzly bear has made a strong recovery. But, since then threats to their habitat have only amplified, and sprawling development, oil and gas drilling, logging, roadbuilding, and off-road vehicles are crowding grizzly bears out of the last pockets of wilderness they need to survive. Without strong habitat protections in place, the long-term survival of the bear requires the safety net of the Endangered Species Act.
There is still more work to do to ensure the Yellowstone grizzly's long-term survival. I urge you to keep federal protections in place to ensure the long-term recovery of this magnificent species.
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Too many threats remain for the Yellowstone grizzly without the Endangered Species Act in place. Management plans for the National Forests surrounding Yellowstone, where many grizzlies find their homes, have yet to be finalized, and managing the Yellowstone grizzly after delisting will cost state and federal agencies an estimated $3.4 million dollars per year-over a million dollars per year more than current funding levels.
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Ah ha! I was right...
Here's what I dug up on Ms. Norton:
Published on Tuesday, January 9, 2001 in the Los Angeles Times
Gale Norton Is No James Watt;
She's Even Worse
by Doug Kendall
Although she's earned such colorful epithets as "James Watt in a skirt," amusing labels can't fully capture why Gale Norton, newly nominated as secretary of Interior, is unfit to be entrusted with our national parks, monuments and other public treasures. As her record as a lawyer espousing the rights of polluters and corporate interests shows, Norton's only qualifications for the job of Interior secretary should be disqualifications.
Norton began her career litigating on behalf of cattlemen, miners and oil companies at James Watt's Mountain States Legal Foundation. She followed Watt to the Department of Interior, where she advocated policies such as opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. In the late 1980s, at the conservative Pacific Research Institute, she helped plan litigation strategy to enhance individual property rights at the expense of community interests. As Colorado's attorney general, Norton implemented a "self-auditing" procedure that allows polluters to evade environmental fines and promoted legislation that would have enshrined an extreme view of the "takings" clause of the U.S. Constitution.
For the full article visit: http://www.commondreams.org/views01/0109-07.htm
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