I will be representing the parents of students at the over crowded high school.
Three benefits to expanding the over crowded high school are smaller class sizes to optimize better learning environments, Hiring of more teachers, More people in the community with jobs to help stimulate the economy.
We'd prefer to commence to building right away so we can provide our children with the best education possible.
We feel conflicted in we don't want to disturb an endangered animal's habitat, but we need to expand the school for our children.
The biggest obstacle right now is finding proof for or against the fact that an owl is nesting on the land adjacent that we need to build on.
"If you hear a hoot, this site is kaput," means that if you hear an owl on the property there isn't going to be any building on the site.
A 404 permit is part of the WSA, it is given by the Army Corps of Engineers in regards to discharge of dredged or fill material into U.S. waters.
Ecological Sustainability is using our natural resources wisely in short-term to ensure they are available in the long-term.
Science is evident when stated that Richards has been studying pygmy owls since 1994, and neighbors stating they occasionally heard the owl in 97 and 98 and more frequently in 96. Also, when Richards is talking about the small home range of the owls.
I definitely think that the Endangered Species Act of 1973 should be revised a little bit, it is 42 years old, a lot has changed in that timespan. I'm sure that there are things that we once thought important but have found that keystone species are a huge part of our ecosystem. It is definitely time for revisions.
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