| Just let us release a few of
these 'poster species' for the ESA, and we'll come back later and TAKE
your property rights!
(Note: A rancher in SE Arizona allowed the release of some fish in a stream on his ranch to expand 'species habitat.' After the release, the agency then declared the stream to be habitat for the species -- and required the rancher to install a fence to keep his own cattle off the stream and forced him to change a road route -- he could no longer drive across the stream.) March 31, 2003 Cheyenne, Wyoming - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service hopes to expand the habitat of the endangered Wyoming toad by asking ranchers to allow releases on their properties. Wyoming toads exist only at Mortenson Lake. Wildlife biologists said the lake has grown too salty and alkaline. |