[Tweeters] The Washington Post: Spotted owls could go extinct without more federal protection. But they’re not going to get it, Trump officials say.

[J Christian Kessler]

I too would like to be optimistic, and expect that many travesties will be
quickly undone with Executive Orders.  Unfortunately I fear this is not one
of those.  I recently saw a similar article about the Monarch Butterfly,
and moving species to Endangered status has for a long time been impeded by
budget constraints -- something Congress has long failed to address.  (And
while I'm sure it is sometimes an excuse, I doubt this is always or
entirely the case.)  Given the state of the economy and the long-time state
of the Federal budget, too many of our priorities are going to remain unmet.

And I too am pleased with the irruptions from Canada, tho the swarm of Pine
Siskins on my feeder had tripled seed consumption.

Chris Kessler
Seattle

On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 6:05 AM THOMAS BENEDICT <benedict.t at comcast.net>
wrote:


> I would like to be more optimistic. It's encouraging that cabinet

> secretaries and other government department heads will be replaced by

> Biden, but anything legislative is unlikely to go in the favor of

> environmentalists for a long time. Republicans (other than Trump) won the

> 2020 elections quite soundly and have been directed by their constituencies

> to not cooperate with Democrats, so gridlock will likely continue. So, for

> the foreseeable future we will continue to be ruled by presidential decree

> (execute order).

>

> This is one way in which parliamentary democracies have an advantage over

> our system. Leadership and government are more likely to be aligned, so

> gridlock is less likely. In our system the president may be elected, but

> they don't always have a mandate to lead.

>

> Anyhow, I'm hoping the damage done to environmental policies over the past

> few years can be quickly addressed. Lots of other policy needs to be

> addressed too, but they're off topic for this list.d

>

> Ironically, some bird species seem to be emigrating from Canada to the US

> this year (i.e. Pine Siskin irruption, Snowy Owl in Seattle, etc). They

> seem optimistic.

>

> Tom Benedict

> Seahurst, WA

>

> On 12/15/2020 10:26 PM Wayne Weber <contopus at telus.net> wrote:

>

> Luckily, Trump officials are only going to be in power for another month,

> so what they say is of no consequence. Let’s be optimistic.

>

>  Wayne Weber

>

> Delta, BC

>

> contopus at telus.net

>

> *From:* Tweeters [mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman11.u.washington.edu] *On

> Behalf Of *Dan Reiff

> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 15, 2020 2:51 PM

> *To:* Tweeters

> *Subject:* [Tweeters] The Washington Post: Spotted owls could go extinct

> without more federal protection. But they’re not going to get it, Trump

> officials say.

>

> *Spotted owls could go extinct without more federal protection. But

> they’re not going to get it, Trump officials say.*

> The northern spotted owl has lost 70 percent of its habitat to development

> and timber harvesting and could go extinct without added federal

> protection, the Trump administration announced Monday.

>

> Read in The Washington Post: https://apple.news/A8X8U_a-NQzm9_05DNJIQVw

>

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