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Counter-protest near Oregon wildlife refuge
BURNS, Ore. (AP) -- The latest on an armed group that took over buildings at a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon.
At 2:15 p.m. local time, about 40 people gathered Saturday near a national wildlife refuge in Oregon to protest against a group occupying the land.
The counter-protest began at about 1 p.m. at an overlook about five miles from the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
The crowd chanted, "Go home, Bundys," naming the leaders of the occupation.
The group has occupied the national wildlife refuge since Jan. 2 to oppose federal land use policies.
Katie Fite from Boise, Idaho, called the occupiers bullies and said their action could give rise to other hate-filled efforts to take over public lands.
Kieran Seckling with the Center for Biological Diversity said the Bundys want to stage other occupancies like the one in Oregon, but he says there's no town in the West that wants to be the next Burns, Oregon.
The counter-protest was punctuated by bitter wind and sleet.
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Center for Biological Diversity opposes effort to improve border security
by Hugh Holub, Tucson Citizen.com
Sep. 06, 2011
This Press Release from, Center for Biological Diversity dated September 2, 2011 makes it absolutely clear where CBD’s priorities are…
Border Patrol Plan to Triple Base Size on Arizona-Mexico Border Puts Endangered Wildlife, Fragile Lands at Risk
TUCSON, Ariz.— The Center for Biological Diversity today criticized a new environmental analysis by the Department of Homeland Security that fails to adequately assess the effects of its border-security and enforcement activities along the U.S.-Mexico border, including tripling the size of its base in the desert. In comments submitted to the Department, the group called on Homeland Security to produce a thorough, realistic analysis of the impacts of its activities on the fragile and diverse landscapes of the border region, home to a range of threatened and endangered species.
“A memo of understanding between Homeland Security and the Department of the Interior was signed to create protocols for border-security activities on our precious public lands,” said Tuell. “In many places it works well, but on Organ Pipe and Cabeza Prieta, Homeland Security routinely ignores it.”
“The Department of Homeland Security should focus its enforcement efforts closer to the border to prevent damage to America’s public lands before it encroaches so far into the United States,” said Tuell. “And it needs to work more closely with land managers on the ground in these areas to reduce the damage caused by their activities.”
COMMENTARY: The border will never be secure against illegal entry and drug smuggling as long as portions of the border are widen open.
The reason these areas are wide open is because of federal land managers who put protecting lizards ahead of national security, and radical environmental groups like CBD who fight everything in the name of protecting endangered species.
I think it is time the federal government looks into where CBD gets its donations.
If I were in charge of the Mexican drug cartel I’d be giving money to outfits like CBD which fight securing the border. Groups like CBD consciously or unconsciously are aiding and abetting the Mexican drug cartels.
The people of America have got to stop this nonsense of debating border security versus protecting the environment along the border. The drug smugglers and illegal aliens do not care about our environment and are destroying it. This must be stopped.
Environmental laws must be subordinated to national security in the area adjacent to our land borders so the Border Patrol can secure the border at the border.
Did you know it is a misdemeanor to illegally enter the country, but a felony to run over an endangered species lizard?
And those who want immigration law reform…it ought to be clear that is not going to happen until the border is secured.
Do not buy Janet Napolitano’s claim the border is secured. We can show you exactly where it is not secure…the zone where illegal aliens killed Border Patrol agent Brian Terry west of Nogales. There is a wilderness area and national forest land along this stretch of the border that has virtually no Border Patrol access due toi environmental priorities.
Until the Border Patrol can gain access to the border, finish the fence, put in more roads, and saturate the border zone with agents, the border is not secure…and thus no immigration law reform.
Immigration reform advocates…your cause is being destroyed by groups like the Center for Biological Diversity.
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2011/border-patrol-09-02-2011.html
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—Ranching groups and two southern New Mexico counties have sued over a program that is reintroducing endangered Mexican gray wolves into the wild in New Mexico and Arizona, claiming its managers have made substantial changes that require a new environmental impact statement.
Michael Robinson of the Center for Biological Diversity said the conservation group will intervene against the lawsuit.
https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/media-archive/Ranchers%2520Environmentalists%2520Agree%2520Its%2520Time%2520for%2520a%2520Change%2520for%2520Grey%2520Wolf.pdf&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwiN_aO6osbKAhUESCYKHSe2AzcQFggNMAM&client=internal-uds-cse&usg=AFQjCNG-ftIXTqM1IKjqeW165WO_tNZDEw
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