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To: jlallen who wrote (231539)	2/27/2002 8:33:43 AM
From: DMaA	Respond to of 769670

Also, let's not forget the Federal PRO-POVERTY programs like this: . . . Klamath is the latest glaring abuse of the Endangered Species Act. Last March, Fish & Wildlife and Marine Fisheries issued supposedly scientific opinions claiming that if Klamath farmers got their water as normal, it would imperil suckers in a nearby lake. A federal judge then ordered irrigation shut off. In the protests that followed, many respected biologists stepped up to say the reports lacked even basic scientific justification. They were ignored. It was only when the controversy wouldn't go away that the Interior Department took the unusual step of submitting the opinions to peer review, ". . . so those affected by it can have confidence it wasn't the result of a political position." The 26-page NAS report makes very clear that science wasn't driving the agencies. In an unusually blunt conclusion, the panel of scientists said it found no clear evidence that higher water levels in the lake would help the suckers. The Fish & Wildlife action has cost the Klamath Basin 2,000 jobs and $134 million. Farmers saw banks foreclose. A local nurse practitioner told of Hispanic families that hadn't had food in days. Wildlife refuges stood dry and empty. And now, according to the NAS report, it was all for nothing. . . . online.wsj.com