Quote Originally Posted by dsirkle View Post
Connie they seem to indicate that they are seeking the opinion of Native Americans on this matter and seemingly give extra weight to the viewpoint of said people for some reason that escapes me. Perhaps you should tell them what you think about this subject.
If I could I would! So far my tribe has never recognized me as Indian, and they haven't had open enrollment for decades I believe. Anywho, that's all the way in CA.

Honestly, I believe the farthest they would go for inquiring from tribes is asking the BIA, I would be greatly surprised if they went to the chairmen and tribal leaders themselves unless they had a controlling interest of land in a county. (Say Mount Pleasant for example)

I understand the need for species control, but it seems to me that the legislators are trying to fix a problem that isn't there. From what I understand, our laws and regulations that are in place now are all covering the problems, and that anything that has destroyed large parts of our ecosystem was done well before there were any such laws in place to prevent them.

So yes, where is the agenda here but to take us a step closer to 1989?

If they are TRULY trying to learn about each species and it's impact, they will need more than 36 MONTHS to gather ALL relevent information, and not just what they have at hand.