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Article: ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT GOV. GERINGER, RANCHERS HAVE A RIGHT TO BE WORRIED
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- Wyoming Tribune-Eagle
- Article date:
- June 10, 1999
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Last week Gov. Jim Geringer called the federal environmental law
"probably one of the most frustrating acts of law that has been
imposed on the people of America." He's right.
The governor says the law's chief enforcer, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, is inadequately funded and seems to have changed
its focus from helping species recover to seeking federal protection
for a growing number of animals.
That's not totally accurate. Over the past decade the Fish and
Wildlife Service has become more considerate of ranchers' concerns.
The agency has struck agreements with thousands of landowners over
wildlife recovery on each person's property and has a peer group of
scientists review whether ...