Horrendous California Fires Probably Great for ‘Endangered’ Braunton’s Milkvetch
The California fires highlighted the bizarre imbalance of the ESA, where infinite value is assigned to protected organisms and infinitesimal value assigned to the life and well-being of millions of people. Too often, these animals and plants are not really ‘endangered’ or ‘threatened’ with extinction. One plant, Braunton’s milk vetch (Astragalus brauntonii), is a nearly […]
Scientific Integrity and the “recovered” Ute Ladies’- Tresses
By Rob Gordon and David Kreutzer, PhD. The declaration of a successful recovery of an endangered species and the call for its removal from the List of Endangered and Threatened Species should be the occasion for a celebration. On January 6, right before the Trump administration took over, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) proposed just that for […]