Conservationists Sue to Protect Butterfly in Nevada

[rodster]

First it was Harry Reid and his bright idea to save a small fish by making one of Southern Nevada's best skinny-dip hot springs off limits (he was successful) and now this.



By SCOTT SONNER
The Associated Press
Friday, January 6, 2006; 9:39 AM

RENO, Nev. -- Conservationists sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Thursday seeking protection for a rare butterfly they say is threatened by off-road vehicles at one of the largest sand dunes in the West.

Environmentalists want the agency to declare the Sand Mountain blue butterfly an endangered species because, they say, its habitat is being destroyed at the only place it is known to live -- the Sand Mountain Recreation Area in western Nevada. [full story]

[rodster]

First it was Harry Reid and his bright idea to save a small fish by making one of Southern Nevada's best skinny-dip hot springs off limits (he was successful) and now this.



By SCOTT SONNER
The Associated Press
Friday, January 6, 2006; 9:39 AM

RENO, Nev. -- Conservationists sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Thursday seeking protection for a rare butterfly they say is threatened by off-road vehicles at one of the largest sand dunes in the West.

Environmentalists want the agency to declare the Sand Mountain blue butterfly an endangered species because, they say, its habitat is being destroyed at the only place it is known to live -- the Sand Mountain Recreation Area in western Nevada. [full story]

[KenP]

Stupid butterflys should get out of the way of slow moving trucks on established trails.

[NEOCON1]

dumba$$ butterfly huggers that sucks

[h2co-pilot]

Well, no wonder they are endangered. They have a life span of about a week.

They filed a petition in April of 2004. It is because they eat a kind of buckwheat (hee hee "Buckwheat) that only grows on Sand mountain.

It says they only emerge between mid-July and mid- September. That is way hot too be out there anyway. I would assume that they would make the appropriate boundries. Plant some more buckwheat () another 1,000 acres and restrict wheeling to the other 2,700 acres left.

[NEOCON1]

offroaders are the endangered species . i used to be able to wheel in all of the hills in the local area and now if you even pull off the asphalt you get a ticket . these people have forced us all into these OHV parks where we have to drive to pismo , hollister , or ? now baja thats wheelin like it should be . wish i was closer to the border for day runs . now go protect your butterflies and thanks for another no vehicles allowed area

[Klaus]

Now lets see... Where did I put my DDT?

[DRTYFN]

Blue butterflies??? That's ghey. The funny thing about conservationists is that they are so myopic that they refuse to acknowledge that hundreds of species of all life forms die out all the time only to be replaced by new species.

[VTSTOMPER]

so, they are only found in this area? hmmmm. I bet they were planted.

[GeorgeSSSS]

Thank goodness T-Rex is already extinct. They'd be protecting him so he could eat our kids on their way to school.

Butterflies + Black Flag = solution.

George SSSS

[ROX]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by VTSTOMPER:
so, they are only found in this area? hmmmm. I bet they were planted. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
No kidding!
They won't close only their area either, they'll close everything they can.

[PARAGON]

They are not conservationists. They are pseudo-conservationist. I am a conservationist and realize that co-existence is not only possible, it is the best route since you can fund the habitation of whatever you are trying to save.

Most landowner/hunters are strong conservationists.

[DTHVLY]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by rodster:


First it was Harry Reid and his bright idea to save a small fish by making one of Southern Nevada's best skinny-dip hot springs off limits (he was successful) and now this.


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What hot springs are you refering to? It's not Fish lake is it?