Species on the candidates list are allowed to languish for decades without protection. This is an agency policy used to prevent people from filing listing petitions.
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This bill takes a wrecking ball to our nation's most important wildlife protection law. The Endangered Species Act is the safety net for America's imperiled plants and animals. The Republican dominated House of Representatives have ripped it apart, consigning God's creation to extinction.Kieran Suckling
When logging was reduced in the Pacific Northwest to protect the spotted owl, it shifted timber harvesting over to goshawk habitat. If we protect the goshawk as much as the spotted owl, there will be nowhere left for the timber industry to go. That is why they see the goshawk as a final battleground.
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The Fish and Wildlife Service has been sued over the candidates list repeatedly. You can't name a species that has been listed without a court order over the last 10 years, unless it was an obscure endemic species with no political impact.
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The Forest Service has a theory that goshawks need forest openings to catch prey. Therefore they encourage mini clear cuts throughout the forest to provide openings.
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The Endangered Species Act has been remarkably successful. Humpback whales, bald eagles, (and) brown pelicans ... are just a few of the species that are recovering quite nicely.
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