Louise Adderholdt wrote in message ...

I have often wondered what George H.W. Bush would have said about the
spotted owl not being worth one American job if the bird that would have
been killed there had been the American Bald Eagle. Having been picked
as the American national bird, it has special protection that many
people don't want to extend to our other precious birds.

Well, you being in NC, you might not have seen the follow up on the
spotted owl fiasco. Not surprising because even people in Washington
State don't know of it, thanks to the "even handed" and "unbiased"
news media.

The USFS only searched for the spotted owl in old growth forest. The
spotted owl is *not* an old growth species, so it appeared to be
endangered. ("The pigeon is an endangered species! We spent a year
searching for it in the Brooks Range of Alaska and did not see a
single one!") The spotted owl is actually a subspecies of the barn owl
and readily cross breeds with it, and shares the barn owls favored
habitat, fringe growth and new second growth.

I think the funniest owl nest find was the one in the 7-11 sign.

The "enviornmentalists" encourage lying "for a good cause". Is it a
"good" cause if all of the supporters are telling little fibs?