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<font size=3>Greater salvage opportunities/requirements would be terrific
and would be happy to sign on to a proposal of some kind allowing
salvage. Having looked over a variety of federal planning documents
over the years it's clear that most of the time basic inventories of the
plants aren't even done, not to mention virtually zero research on
cultural impacts to contemporary human livelihoods. Of course
such a management approach is technically illegal, but nobody calls them
out on it so there really isn't any pressure to change. Quite a few
Forest Service managers have stated to me that it will take a lawsuit
before they change. Their reasoning is that a lawsuit would likely
trigger greater allocation of resources to the local offices by regional
and national offices. <br><br>
At 5/26/2007, mpwg-request@lists.plantconservation.org wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 17:09:00
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From: Patricia_DeAngelis@fws.gov<br>
Subject: [MPWG] Plant Rescue/Salvage across the U.S.<br>
To: native-plants@lists.plantconservation.org,<br><br>
Forwarding this message from a lastserve member. I am aware of two
states <br>
that have salvage laws in place that seem to be implemented well -
Arizona <br>
and Minnesota. I am not sure about other states and am curious to
know <br>
what other states do. <br><br>
I would also like to acknowledge I realize there are several sides to the
<br>
salvage issue. Some people think salvage is a great idea. For
instance, <br>
on MPWG listserve member wrote:<br><br>
I personally have been involved in many 'rescue' projects and after<br>
addressing liability issues, the doors open for the rescue to
happen.<br>
Unfortunately I have also seen endangered plants listed on CITES<br>
destroyed because they would not grant us permission to rescue them.
And<br>
if we had dug them we would be breaking the law. Not quite sure how
to<br>
bridge this gap, but some how "progress" must be qualified at
what<br>
expense.<br><br>
I would like to see all State and Federal Highway projects mandated
to<br>
allow 'rescue' of flora & fauna with parameters. The initial planning
is<br>
usually done years in advance and once the surveys are complete and
the<br>
boundaries are visibiy marked to stay within.<br><br>
Thank you for reading my comments and hope it sheds some light and<br>
speaks for those who cannot talk, the plants!<br><br>
And others are concerned about these down-sides: <br><br>
1. Salvage is a cop out - we need to be saving the habitat. <br>
2. Salvage operations may be misused by unscrupulous people who collect
<br>
threatened species that really aren't in danger of being destroyed.
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