The WV Northern Flying Squirrel is getting a little help in its fight to stay put on the Endangered Species list.
First, House Natural Resource Committee Chairman Nick J. Rahall, II D-WV and two other congressman sent a letter to the Comptroller General in the US Government Accountability Office requesting a review of policies and procedures regarding the Endangered Species Act and the way scientific evidence has and will be used. This comes after repeated instances in which scientific evidence was manipulated by DOI employees in favor of political interests. You can read this letter by clicking here.
Secondly the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported in its Sunday July 22, 2007 edition that the Northern Flying Squirrel is being considered for state designation as an endangered species in Pennsylvania. That article is available by clicking here. While this does not directly affect the WVNFS it does show that Northern Flying Squirrels are dwindling in even more areas and are being protected at other levels.
First, House Natural Resource Committee Chairman Nick J. Rahall, II D-WV and two other congressman sent a letter to the Comptroller General in the US Government Accountability Office requesting a review of policies and procedures regarding the Endangered Species Act and the way scientific evidence has and will be used. This comes after repeated instances in which scientific evidence was manipulated by DOI employees in favor of political interests. You can read this letter by clicking here.
Secondly the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported in its Sunday July 22, 2007 edition that the Northern Flying Squirrel is being considered for state designation as an endangered species in Pennsylvania. That article is available by clicking here. While this does not directly affect the WVNFS it does show that Northern Flying Squirrels are dwindling in even more areas and are being protected at other levels.
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2 comments:
No it shows that nobody much as looked for Glaucomys sabrinus in the Poconos until Mike Steel took a faculty job at Wikes-Barre University. My guess is that overall there is more forest in NE PA now than anytime in the last 150 years.
Good post.
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