I thought it was 80 yards of fence but whatever. I agree that it was an
excellent interview. I just sent BOO something about it also. Judy,
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From: Margaret Stephens
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 2:01 PM
To: Joel Geier ; BOO List
Subject: [boo] Re: Interview with USFWS regarding fence vandalism
Yes, we need a list of projects. and there will be many who would love to help.
When they clear out of the buildings --- and here's hoping it is very soon
(like today) --- the site will need work I am sure, and definitely cleaning
(or are they going to clean up first - ha ha) though it should be considered
be a crime scene and probably will need to be thoroughly searched for all
damages.
What about a law suit against the Bundys, et. al -- for preventing use of a
public facility, for damaging publicly owned property, damaging habitat if
cattle go out in these sensitive areas, threatening public officials and
everything else. Their milieu is going to get a major organized push back from
those of us who care about wildlife and our public lands. Not to mention
racial justice - some of these guys are totally racist.
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Subject: [boo] Interview with USFWS regarding fence vandalism
From: joel.geier@xxxxxxxx
To: boo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 13:49:04 -0800
Today's installment of OPB's "Think Out Loud" has a good interview by Dave
Miller with USFWS regional directorJason Holm, as the first segment of this
four-part show:
http://www.opb.org/radio/programs/thinkoutloud/segment/concealed-carry-at-psu-talking-business/
It should air again tonight at 8PM, Apparently the fence that the miscreants
breached yesterday was not the same fence that they thought it was -- it was
put up in cooperation with neighboring ranchers just three weeks ago.
The main habitat concern at the moment is that if cattle do wander out onto
that part of the refuge, in this season, there could be lasting damage to
wetland nesting habitat for WILLETS, STILTS, and associated wetland birds.
However the gap is only about 80 feet long, according to other news reports. So
nothing that can't be patched with 8 or 10 new T-posts, a post-pounder and a
roll of barbed wire.
Hmmm, perhaps we need to start a list of projects for volunteers to work on
this spring, to start to undo the damage.
