Congress Investigating MacDonalds Farm

Congress Investigating MacDonalds Farm



May 2007 -   Two senior House Democrats launched 
an inquiry today into reports that a Bush political appointee May 2007 - . 
Arizona bald eagle 
The agency's denial states that it has no information supporting the 
Center for Biological Diversity's petition when, in fact, its own 
scientists, its own seven member scientific peer review panel, and the 
former head of the Arizona bald eagle recovery program all recommended to 
the agency to keep the desert eagle on the list. 
The only opponents to retaining protection for the desert eagle were top 
level agency bureaucrats. 
"Julie MacDonald is gone from office, but her legacy of lawlessness lives 
on within the Department of Interior," said Suckling. "Her abusive 
policies and illegal decisions are still in place. The Department of 
Interior will not regain credibility until her policies and decisions are 
withdrawn." 
The Center for Biological Diversity and the Maricopa Audubon Society filed 
suit in January challenging the Bush administration's suppression of 
scientific reports concluding that the Arizona bald eagle should remain on 
the endangered species list. 
The suit seeks an injunction barring the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 
from removing the Arizona eagle from the endangered list and requiring it 
to incorporate the scientific studies in its management plans.  
  

       
      

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