Facing mounting pressure from lawmakers over gray wolves, wildlife advocates reached an agreement with the Obama administration Friday to lift protections for the species in Montana and Idaho and allow hunting.I don't think this is a stretch to say that there are implications in this development for the Bakken and the EPA with regard to fracking.
With Congress now threatening to intervene, the 10 national and local groups involved in Friday's settlement said they wanted to head off what they regard as precedent-setting legislation. They fear pending bills to delist wolves would broadly undermine the Endangered Species Act, with ramifications for imperiled fish, animals and plants nationwide.
By the way, some legislators in Montana feel the state's department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks department is stifling economic development.
Some lawmakers in the Capitol are making it clear they think the state Fish, Wildlife and Parks department wields too much power around Montana.
They have sponsored bills seeking to rein in the department by reducing its spending, jurisdiction and authority.
Yes, because everything should be valued by how much money it's worth. That's why I don't have kids. Stupid child labor laws. They would be worth so much more to me if I could send them to a sweatshop somewhere or at least let me sell one of their kidneys. Stupid liberals and their laws.
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