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Professor Emeritus at Northern Illinois University. Blog on Wildlife Politics at https://www.wildlifepolitics.org/blog author of Wildlife Politics (Cambridge University Press, 2017).
& ignores the fact that groundwater connects these networks of springs & other water features & it is not valid to separate them. Fire Zeldin & Save our wetlands! www.wildlifepolitics.org/blog
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December 27, 2025 at 4:44 AM
& ignores the fact that groundwater connects these networks of springs & other water features & it is not valid to separate them. Fire Zeldin & Save our wetlands! www.wildlifepolitics.org/blog
This new definition will mean that 80% or more “wetlands” (under previous definition) will no longer be protected & ignores the fact that these ephemeral streams play a crucial role as ecosystems for many species
December 27, 2025 at 4:44 AM
This new definition will mean that 80% or more “wetlands” (under previous definition) will no longer be protected & ignores the fact that these ephemeral streams play a crucial role as ecosystems for many species
Question: What was the worst decision or action taken by Trump II Admin. for conservation? Tough question right?! Too many to select from. One nominee is certainly EPA’s restriction on defining “Waters of the U.S.” to mean “relatively permanent, standing or continuously flowing bodies.”
December 27, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Question: What was the worst decision or action taken by Trump II Admin. for conservation? Tough question right?! Too many to select from. One nominee is certainly EPA’s restriction on defining “Waters of the U.S.” to mean “relatively permanent, standing or continuously flowing bodies.”
Burgum’s Interior & BLM once again prove they are nothing but tools of Fossil Fuel companies. www.wildlifepolitics.org/blog
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December 24, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Burgum’s Interior & BLM once again prove they are nothing but tools of Fossil Fuel companies. www.wildlifepolitics.org/blog
They are eliminating a warning system designed to detect declines & removing scientific stds. for nesting habitat! As long as no one is able to report on the decline, the decline is fine with Trump-Burgum!
December 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
They are eliminating a warning system designed to detect declines & removing scientific stds. for nesting habitat! As long as no one is able to report on the decline, the decline is fine with Trump-Burgum!
Trump Admin. in its latest attempt to hasten the extinction of sage grouse removed protections that the Obama Admin. negotiated with industry & evmntal. orgs. How do we know their claims to protect sage grouse are BullSH_T?
December 24, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Trump Admin. in its latest attempt to hasten the extinction of sage grouse removed protections that the Obama Admin. negotiated with industry & evmntal. orgs. How do we know their claims to protect sage grouse are BullSH_T?
Trump should be prosecuted for treasonous weakening of U.S. science which, UNTIL NOW, has kept us ahead of the Chinese & Russians. That a way to go, Donny & Dougy! Save the U.S. & rid us of these two incompetents! www.wildlifepolitics.org/blog
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December 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Trump should be prosecuted for treasonous weakening of U.S. science which, UNTIL NOW, has kept us ahead of the Chinese & Russians. That a way to go, Donny & Dougy! Save the U.S. & rid us of these two incompetents! www.wildlifepolitics.org/blog
Donny & Dougy don’t like cheap-clean energy—they want their fossil fuel billionaires to make big $. They are also dismantling Nat. Ctr. For Atmospheric Research at the same time cutting $ for research at U.S. universities!
December 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Donny & Dougy don’t like cheap-clean energy—they want their fossil fuel billionaires to make big $. They are also dismantling Nat. Ctr. For Atmospheric Research at the same time cutting $ for research at U.S. universities!
Trump-Burgum are continuing to hand over energy superiority to the Chinese—cancelling wind projects with weak excuse of security while at the same time giving Chinese access to the AI chips that Biden kept from them, weakening our advantage over them!
December 23, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Trump-Burgum are continuing to hand over energy superiority to the Chinese—cancelling wind projects with weak excuse of security while at the same time giving Chinese access to the AI chips that Biden kept from them, weakening our advantage over them!
It also notes poor morale & burnout due to personnel reductions in force. Tell Chief Schulz to prioritize the public over lumber companies! www.wildlifepolitics.org/blog
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December 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
It also notes poor morale & burnout due to personnel reductions in force. Tell Chief Schulz to prioritize the public over lumber companies! www.wildlifepolitics.org/blog
Washington Post obtained an internal U.S. Forest Service (USFS) report that admits that many areas USFS is not maintaining trails & failing to control illegal motorize use, trash, missing signs, & trail erosion.
December 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Washington Post obtained an internal U.S. Forest Service (USFS) report that admits that many areas USFS is not maintaining trails & failing to control illegal motorize use, trash, missing signs, & trail erosion.
& Trump’s only excuse is the PHONY energy crisis trying to cover public lands with coal mines & drilling rigs. Vote out Republicans to stop this desecration of nature. www.wildlifepolitics.org/blog
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December 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
& Trump’s only excuse is the PHONY energy crisis trying to cover public lands with coal mines & drilling rigs. Vote out Republicans to stop this desecration of nature. www.wildlifepolitics.org/blog
Interior is using Trump’s Industry-biased Council on (Anti)Environmental Quality (CEQ) Interim Rule to NOT SEEK PUBLIC COMMENTS on coal leasing & drilling in Wyoming, Montana & Nevada. CEQ
December 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Interior is using Trump’s Industry-biased Council on (Anti)Environmental Quality (CEQ) Interim Rule to NOT SEEK PUBLIC COMMENTS on coal leasing & drilling in Wyoming, Montana & Nevada. CEQ
9% Refuges are shuttered & most don’t have adequate resources! If you don’t HELP increase personnel & funding for refuges, your name will go down in INFAMY in history of FWS directors! www.wildlifepolitics.org/blog
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December 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
9% Refuges are shuttered & most don’t have adequate resources! If you don’t HELP increase personnel & funding for refuges, your name will go down in INFAMY in history of FWS directors! www.wildlifepolitics.org/blog
Brian Nesvik, Director of Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS), has ordered a review of wildlife refuges to see if they align with the mission of FWS! Protecting wildlife is the HEART of the mission of FWS!
December 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Brian Nesvik, Director of Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS), has ordered a review of wildlife refuges to see if they align with the mission of FWS! Protecting wildlife is the HEART of the mission of FWS!
Roads would require million gallons of water per mile & cost industry $1 billion+ & huge damage occur to the tundra; Except for those with a vested interest, most people want wildlife to be protected in a WILDLIFE RESERVE!
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December 20, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Roads would require million gallons of water per mile & cost industry $1 billion+ & huge damage occur to the tundra; Except for those with a vested interest, most people want wildlife to be protected in a WILDLIFE RESERVE!
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Stupidity of Drilling Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): Major oil companies have shown interest in drilling the Refuge due to poor cost-benefit ratio; ANWR is key to the survival of polar bears & largest caribou herd sacred to Gwich people whose oppose drilling;
December 20, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Stupidity of Drilling Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): Major oil companies have shown interest in drilling the Refuge due to poor cost-benefit ratio; ANWR is key to the survival of polar bears & largest caribou herd sacred to Gwich people whose oppose drilling;
Burgum’s destroying FWS & NPS! Get rid of this creep while we still have some wildlife, parks, & refuges! www.wildlifepolitics.org/blog
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December 19, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Burgum’s destroying FWS & NPS! Get rid of this creep while we still have some wildlife, parks, & refuges! www.wildlifepolitics.org/blog
Who wants biologists when your goal is to extinguish species! During this same period, visits to these Nat. Wildlife Refuges increased by 34%! Burgum also wants to cut 100’s of smaller Fed. Nat. Parks!
December 19, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Who wants biologists when your goal is to extinguish species! During this same period, visits to these Nat. Wildlife Refuges increased by 34%! Burgum also wants to cut 100’s of smaller Fed. Nat. Parks!
Trump & Burgum are doing all they can to destroy U.S. Fish & Wildlife Serv. (FWS). They’ve cut staff by 18% & biologists by 530. 9% of Nat. Wildlife Refuges are shuttered & 59% of refuges have inadequate resources!
December 19, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Trump & Burgum are doing all they can to destroy U.S. Fish & Wildlife Serv. (FWS). They’ve cut staff by 18% & biologists by 530. 9% of Nat. Wildlife Refuges are shuttered & 59% of refuges have inadequate resources!
Protect Species by voting Trump, Burgum other accomplices need out of office ASAP. www.wildlifepolitics.org/blog
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December 18, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Protect Species by voting Trump, Burgum other accomplices need out of office ASAP. www.wildlifepolitics.org/blog
(4) Trump’s Interior is weakening the End. Spec. Act by delaying new listings, firing biologists & other staff needed to list & protect species, & delisting species that need further protection.
December 18, 2025 at 4:26 AM
(4) Trump’s Interior is weakening the End. Spec. Act by delaying new listings, firing biologists & other staff needed to list & protect species, & delisting species that need further protection.
(3) Trump’s EPA & Energy Dept. are racing to worsen climate change by Drill Baby Drill & undermining renewable energy-- threatening many species such as polar bears;
December 18, 2025 at 4:26 AM
(3) Trump’s EPA & Energy Dept. are racing to worsen climate change by Drill Baby Drill & undermining renewable energy-- threatening many species such as polar bears;
(2) Development, Agriculture, & Pesticides are the next most important factors & Trump’s Interior, Agric., & EPA are allowing dev. of area of critical importance, weakening protections against existing pesticides & allowing dangerous new pesticides;
December 18, 2025 at 4:26 AM
(2) Development, Agriculture, & Pesticides are the next most important factors & Trump’s Interior, Agric., & EPA are allowing dev. of area of critical importance, weakening protections against existing pesticides & allowing dangerous new pesticides;
Trump-Burgum Extinction Plan: (1) Scientific evidence proves loss of habitat is most important single factor in extinctions but Trump-Burgum are taking away protections of habitat for threatened species;
December 18, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Trump-Burgum Extinction Plan: (1) Scientific evidence proves loss of habitat is most important single factor in extinctions but Trump-Burgum are taking away protections of habitat for threatened species;