Fish Rot From The Head

A senior Bush political appointee at the Interior Department has repeatedly altered scientific field reports to minimize protections for imperiled species and disclosed confidential information to private groups seeking to affect policy decisions, the department's inspector general concluded.



The IG noted that MacDonald "admitted that her degree is in civil engineering and that she has no formal educational background in natural sciences" but repeatedly instructed Fish and Wildlife scientists to change their recommendations on identifying "critical habitats," despite her lack of expertise.

USA DOODLEBUGGERS

Lama toeing in, High Uintas Utah. (Submitted by Laura Cullen) Via USA Doodlebuggers

I got an email from Rick (Slip) Bonifer yesterday, he gave me the link to USA Doodlebuggers.
He mentioned that he had read my story on How I Became a Flying Squirrel.
If you have the time, have a look at the site, it's an alumni page of sorts and really a lot of fun.
Be sure to have a look at the photos section, dozens and dozens of pictures, many of folks you've never seen .... But many pictures of just how far and how high we went to find oil and gas.