At the hearing the US Fish and Game representative
repeatedly stated that they would use the “best available science”. In 1930’s Germany the
best available science proved racial superiority. In the former Soviet Union the best available science, Lamarckism
evolution, would create the new socialist person within a few generations. In
present day America
the best available science says that a former rat poison ingredient, Sodium
Fluoride, must be added to our drinking water for its dental health benefits.
Science is in service to the mega corporations and the government (see who
funds research). Probably the most blatant example of official science/best
available science is the total fraud of climate change.
Climate change is one of the reasons noted by Justin
Augustine from Oakland’s
Center for Biological Diversity for the designation of over two million acres
as critical habitat. He also gives pesticide use as another reason. Who is using pesticides in the National
Forests? I know of no one and if he does he should come forward with that
information. Another of his reasons is habitat loss. Not only have the boundaries
of the National Forests not changed, but vast amounts of land in California has
been added to parks, preserves, conversation easements, etc. Go to the El Dorado National Forest website, look up Indian
Creek and see the vast sums of public money being spent on building new frog
habitat. He also cites introduced species as a cause. This is correct because
California Fish & Game has introduced non native fish into higher elevation
lakes. Has this stopped? Has the Center for Biological Diversity lobbied against
this practice? His last reason of disease is also true; a parasite from the
imported African claw frog is killing local species. But how does the
designation fight the disease? It has been fought in San Francisco’s
Golden Gate Park and on the grounds of UC Davis. And
while I object to the cost, I would not publicly oppose the breeding in
captivity of healthy allegedly endangered or threatened species and their
release into the wild.
Mr. Augustine stated that the designation opponents don’t
understand the Endangered Species Act and that it won’t cost jobs or restrict
access. When he says that “This is simply untrue” I suggest that he look into
the mirror regarding who is lying. He has chosen to ignore the track record of
the Forest Service and their litigious environmental allies in closing roads
and banning logging and grazing. Grazing
is essential for the health of our Sierra ecosystems. Over 40,000 elephants
were killed in Africa because the prior best
available science said otherwise. Go to Allan Savory’s videos on YouTube for
proof.
What Mr. Augustine ignores or is uninformed about is that
this designation is part of a larger program to depopulate the rural areas
(Agenda 21) and to destroy the middle class as a precondition to a possible totalitarian
state. The boisterously clapping participants at the recent hearing are well
aware of this reality.
Copyright 2013, Mark L. Bennett
