Once again a misguided federal rule has horrible unintended consequences. this time, the Fish Wildlife Service threatened a town that it might declare their town a federally protected area for a bird. So the residents of the town did they only thing they could when threatened by the federal government.

The town now has almost no trees. Over 368 logging and lot-clearing permits were issued in the past 7 months so people could cut down trees. People cut down every tree they could find. Why? Because if the bird was seen in a tree, the federal government would effectively seize every inch of land from people, making it unusable. The only way people could retain any value on their land was to completely clear-cut it before the feds could take it.

Nice job, federal government. Explain to me why we have a Fish and Game Service? Oh, right, to ensure people clearcut trees.

Posted by: Ogre at 03:04 PM | Comments (2) | Add Comment
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