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Originally Posted by Dowly
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That doesn't make him a swamp creature, quite the opposite.
A swamp creature would support the Endangered Species Act, not to save the precious little furry animals which it almost never does, but rather for the sweeping powers that the law gives the federal government. Laws which have been used to grab millions of acres of American land.
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Since 1984, the ESA has included a clause that all habitats deemed crucial to the survival of an endangered species be protected by federal law. Under the Obama administration, these rules were extended to also protect land that endangered species do not yet inhabit, but could be used for species rehabilitation in the future. Opponents have argued that the act is a federal land grab. “It has never been used for the rehabilitation of species,” Representative Rob Bishop (R-Utah) told the Associated Press in January. “It’s been used for control of the land.”
Others have claimed that the ESA hurts local economies. “Most of these costs are difficult or impossible to measure,” Jonathan Wood, an attorney who represents opponents of the act, told Climate Central. “They’re the homes that were never built, the businesses that were never started.”
In response to these economic concerns, several state attorneys general sent a letter to the Trump transition team in January and filed a complaint about the act with a US District Court in Alabama, according to Scientific American.
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https://www.the-scientist.com/?artic...gered-Species/