Daniel Patterson

Daniel Patterson
certainly endangered proposal protection reflect species truth
Were very surprised, ... certainly a proposal to end protection for a species so endangered like the Owl, is reckless, immoral, and it doesnt reflect the truth in any way.
gets lip
Without a listing it really just gets lip service.
act additional endangered including lost protection quality related species
Without protection of the endangered species act we would have lost hundreds of additional species including the owls and those are all related to our quality of life.
government highly next stop valley
It's very highly endangered, in the Coachella Valley especially. The next step, hopefully, is that the government will stop delaying and do the right thing for the lizard.
coming hostile politics tactic
It's a stall tactic coming out of hostile politics in Washington.
It's anti-science, it's anti-conservation and it's anti-public interest.
might
We might end up having to take it right into the courts.
order perfect born
Perfect food is born of perfect order.
might point small square squeezed
They might have a point if they were being squeezed into small areas, but they're not. They still have more than 100 square miles.
habitat lizard plow
You can't just go out and plow lizard habitat into the ground.
burden falls necessary
The burden to show that this is necessary falls on the government. There was no transparency. This is disturbing.
concerns decision gets strong
This decision is about as strong as it gets and confirms all of our concerns about the dunes environment.
call current easy fresh sheep
It's never an easy call to kill a sheep like that, ... but in this current situation, that's been one of the needs, to get fresh samples.
bureau care court follow huge land law management people treat wake wildlife win wisely
This is a huge win for wildlife and people who care about the dunes. The court wisely told the Bureau of Land Management to wake up, follow the law and treat the dunes with some respect.