I thought this would be of pertinence to all fellow birders, even if this is for a wildlife habitat so far from our own region. It just irks me to no end now that the Obama administration seems to be less and less environmentally sound as I first supposed back in the beginning, and especially during Obama's campaign for the presidency. I still support Obama, but he truly needs to live up to the his billing, of maintaining and keeping his promises, especially that of being a more environmentally responsible administration aimed at making our country greener and a shining example to the rest of the world.
It is such a proposal like that mentioned in the aboved-linked article where having a road bisect critical habitat like that found in Izembek National Wildlife Refuge of the Aleutian Island chain in Alaska that makes me question the validity and viability of our current administration. Surely, Obama so far has been more responsible than the Bush administration ever was, but he has a long ways to go before becoming what he needs to be for keeping America in a more progressive path. What sort of impact could this have on such amazing and rare birds as the Steller's Eider and Pacific Black Brant and their populations? Obviously, probably not anything positive. Live and let be, mankind has already mucked up far too much, beyond recourse. Here are a couple images of the aforementioned birds found through Google Images:
Certainly, such a proposal cannot be in the public interest, and more definitely, not in the interest of the wildlife that call Izembek home.
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