I don't mind giving some ground if the science is solid, and valid provenance is at hand to back it.
Far more often is the cases of bad science being twisted to fit an extreme environmental agenda.
If someone is gun shy about these things now, who can blame them? Especially given the history of these cases.
It's gotten to the point that when someone cries wolf, we all run false flags up the poles.
Divisiveness. It's not just related to democrat and republican.
Interesting comment I highlighted considering your previous posts on this thread...
My experience/knowledge base agrees strongly with what mudhen posted regarding sage grouse.
The knee jerk reaction is to dismiss the agenda based biased science when they start taking public land for any reason based on "saving a species".
If there actually IS a valid argument, it would be the first one of the last thousand presented that way.
Field mice, salamanders, butterflies, tortoises, wolves, grizzlies, and the list goes on and on have been pawns for liberal, radical environmental terrorist organizations that have the ultimate goal of locking down all public lands for all uses... Especially hunting, fishing and shooting. (
After they rid it of ranching, logging and mining, and driving across any of it in anything but a horse.)
They may fund you and say they are on your side. And actually mean it, until the next target IS you... Nothing but another pawn.
