The following statement from Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund President Rodger Schlickeisen is in response to the resignation of Alaska governor, Sarah Palin:
"Governor Palin's surprise resignation comes at a crucial point for wildlife and wild places in Alaska. In the just two and a half years of her term, she has made a series of decisions that prove she had absolutely no interest in being an environmental steward of the unique natural treasure that is Alaska.
"Instead, Governor Palin ignored our nation's leading wildlife laws and filed senseless lawsuits to pursue her anti-wildlife agenda. Palin's increasingly extreme anti-wildlife management policies included shooting wolves from airplanes and helicopters, using airplanes to track black and brown bears then shooting them from the ground, and the gassing of wolf pups in their dens. She even targeted wolves that had been part of a fifteen year long scientific study conducted by the National Park Service. All this, as well as her decision to fight much needed protections for both polar bears and Cook Inlet beluga whales, shows her blatant disregard for both science and environmental laws.
"Her efforts were, and still are, a threat to the natural integrity of America's last frontier, a state that boasts many national wildlife refuges, forests, parks and other federal lands, covering more than 200 million acres of the state. And if this isn't enough, Palin's persistent denial of global warming is sure to fast make her a political relic.
"Palin's successor, Lieutenant Governor Sean Parnell, must now decide whether he intends to extend Palin's devastating and destructive wildlife legacy even further, or whether he intends to chart a new path, by removing politics from wildlife management and restoring science to the decision making process. He can be sure that Defenders will be paying close attention to his decisions."
AM
She was cute! She was feisty! and ... She was GOOFY!
"... THE EVIL THAT MEN DO IS 'OFT INTERRED WITH THEIR BONES -
THE GOOD LIVES AFTER THEM ...
SO LET IT BE WITH PALIN..."
Was there any good? Oh, yeah - almost forgot ...
PIGS WITH LIPSTICK!
SMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCH ! TK.
No, explain, are we so corked out in America that we can put a moron as a Governor?.....heee...sorry for ask, look around, the answer is YES! ! !
Georg
I see nothing above that complains about her leaving office. Quite to the contrary, most animal and nature lovers in America are extremely happy that she is now resigning. Hopefully, her successor will have a much better comprehension of nature and of science and of wildlife management, and will abide by wildlife laws and regulations like the federal ban prohibiting aerial hunting.
In Spirit,
Bear
Lawdy, our current TX Governor has announced she will be coming to our State to help in his re(s)election bid...ha!
If her successor, Parnel, has any eco-heart-sense, he will undo all the damage she has done.
Blessings and Love - Micke