Thank you big government for bringing common sense into the game....NOT

This is the most insane bunch of BS yet.....

http://hardwoodfederation.wildapricot.org/Resources/Documents/One Pagers/Northern Long-Eared Bat.pdf

Northern Long
-
Eared Bat
Issue
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) proposed listing the Northern Long Eared Bat
(NLEB) as “endangered” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) on October 2, 2013. A final
decision on an official listing was slated for October, 2014, but has been p
ostponed for 6
months by USFWS to April 2, 2015. The general consensus (including USFWS) is that the sole
threat to these bats’ populations is a non
-
native fungal disease discovered in 2006 called White
Nose Syndrome (WNS) for which there is no known cur
e. What is known is that this disease is
devastating to NLEB colonies once established, with morbidity rates exceeding 90 percent in
many instances. While there is agreement that WNS is the root cause for the NLEB’s decline,
there is disagreement over a
pproaches to address the issue. Legitimate questions exist as to
whether the USFWS is using the best science to evaluate the species and, as a number of
comments on the proposed listing demonstrate; the best available science does not support
listing the
species as endangered.
The NLEB’s range is enormous, encompassing the following 39 states (including D.C.): AL, AR,
CT, DE, FL, GA, IL, IA, IN, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NH, NJ, NY,
NC, ND, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, VA, VT, WV,
WI and WY.
Background
The USFWS has released interim guidance to protect the species from take, although the
agency has identified WNS, not take potentially associated with habitat loss or other land use
activities, as the threat to the continued existence of the species. As currently drafted, there
could be a number of negative outcomes specific to the forest industry, including:
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