Post about "list of endangered species"

This is not about cattle and cattle raising being the center of attention among environmentalists but more about how cattle raisers fear regulation in their farms. The main focus of the Environmental Protection Agency or EPA is to use federal funds to protect endangered animal species. Right now there are indications that one of the animals listed under the endangered animal species list, the Dunes Sagebrush lizard,  which likes to live in grazing land may become extinct if cattle eat their habitat.

Naturally, cattle raisers are raising a howl because if the plans of the EPA is approved, the EPA gets to go into farms and cordon off areas where the lizard may be found. This will affect the business of cattle raisers and not in a good way. 

However, while there are two sides to a story, in this case, there are 3 sides to the issue. Even oil and gas production could be hampered with this kind of government action. If the energy companies cannot operate 100%, the prices of their products will increase because the demand will surpass the supply.

Obviously, the Obama government would or should want to meet somewhere in the middle because all parties have a legitimate issue. Causing private citizens and energy companies to start panicking is not going to solve the problem. Last April, there were meeting held to discuss the problem with all parties involved. Not much was resolved or discussed during that first meeting because tempers and emotions ran high. Ranchers believe they take care of the environment because not doing so would run counter productive to their livelihood.

US Representative, Steve Pearce says, “People are economically stressed. Everyone knows it has the potential to be devastating to the economy (referring to the lizard).”

The EPA has no intention of railroading the decision and there will be plenty opportunities to hear the facts. A decision must be reached by the end of the year. But as the spokesman for EPA, Tom Buckley says, “The politics of all this won’t affect the decision of whether or not to list. It will solely be made on the biological information and what we might receive during the comment period.”