Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Terminates California’s Endangered Fish
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger bites at $3.1 million in funding for endangered species.
Just how green California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is is definitely up for debate. He has his moments of somewhat progressive policy, which he then dilutes with moments of complete and utter ignorance. For example, when he signed California’s way overdue budget, he lined-out $3.1 million in funding from the Department of Fish and Game (DFG) to restore salmon, steelhead and other endangered and threatened species.
“We are deeply disappointed that the governor would opt to severely limit DFG’s ability to protect our environment at this critical time,” said California Trout Chief Executive Officer Brian Stranko. “Particularly given the dramatic recent reductions in salmon populations and other threatened and endangered species, this action seems especially short-sighted. His action is particularly troublesome given the relatively minor savings achieved to our multi-billion dollar state budget.”
Amusingly enough, this was followed up by the Governator taking center stage in San Francisco at a Commonwealth Club event to celebrate the state’s success in its leadership on fightingglobal warming.
“The global warming debate is over,” Schwarzenegger reminded everyone. He went on to say that Washington is “asleep at the wheel,” and that he would not wait.
Yet, Schwarzenegger has limiting critical funding for DFG’s Biodiversity Program staff. Thy are responsible for enforcing California’s Endangered Species Act (CESA), as well as overseeing timber harvesting plans. The state’s efforts for recovery of threatened and endangered species are budgeted under this program, according to California Trout.
Here are some other fouls listed by Indybay:
• The refusal of his appointed officials on the State Water Resources Control Board and regional boards to hold agricultural polluters to the same standards as industry and municipalities, in spite of pleas by fishermen, conservationists and farm workers.
• His veto of historic suction dredge mining legislation, sponsored by the Karuk Indian Tribe and California Trout, last year. More recently, the Governor pressured the Legislature to remove interim suction dredge mining restrictions that were to have been incorporated as part of an omnibus resource trailer bill, AB 1338 (Huffman) that was adopted by the Legislature last Monday night as part of the state budget package and sent to the Governor.
• His persistent fast-track advocacy of “no fishing zones” on the California Coast, under the guise of “Marine Protected Areas.” These areas kick sustainable commercial and recreational fishermen off the water while doing nothing to stop water pollution, habitat degradation, water diversions and water exports that have resulted in huge fishery declines. Could it be that Schwarzenegger is removing fishermen from the water, forcing them to find work elsewhere, in order to eliminate the most persistent critics of his water policies?
• The failure by the DFG under the Schwarzenegger administration to support a volunteer rescue of tens of thousands of striped bass, Sacramento blackfish, Sacramento splittail, largemouth bass and other species last November when the Bureau of Reclamation drained Prospect Island in the California Delta. Before the volunteers were finally allowed to do the rescue, thousands of fish died, making Prospect Island the largest fish kill ever documented on the Delta and one of the largest fish kills in California history.
As campaign director of Restore the Delta Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla said, “Schwarzenegger is as green as a silk plant. When you get up close, you realize that is all a big fake.”
Image source: Night Star Romanus at Flickr
This is ridocolous regarding that schwarzeneggar would do such a nasty thing for the environment. Its disgusting to think we humans have become a parasite for not only the land we live on - but for the other species that have lived along with us. Its disgusting to think that money and fame hungry politicians like Schwarzeneggar dont do a single thing for the environment but only what serves in their own personal best intrest
HELLO ARNOLD-YOU ARE THE BEST- REMEMBER THE TEKKEN MOVIES WITH SLY,GANRYU,DOLPH,VANDAMME,ECC.WITH WANGQIANG,NINJAHUNTER.THANKS.10 MOVIES,TEKKEN!
NINA VS KUMA NO-ARNOLD VS KUMA YES-ARNOLD VS LIN NO-TOMMY VS ARNOLD NO?
Sly vs Arnold no Naoto vs Arnold no!
Panda vs Ganryu yes
HELLO-SLY TAG WITH ARNOLD,TIGERMASK,VANDAMME!
ARNOLD.TAG WITH TIGER MASK.
Historical Archives
The kidnapping Nas food consumed in a restaurant on the Garda. The youth admitted to Cantu ‘, Como and grass
Eating mushrooms, and the dancers’ dance “in the bathroom
Food poisoning for nineteen boys engaged in a national race
————————- ———————— PUBLISHED —— The kidnapping Nas food consumed in a restaurant on the Garda. The youth admitted to Cantu ‘, Como and grass TITLE: They eat mushrooms, and the dancers’ dance “in the bathroom for food poisoning nineteen boys engaged in a national race - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - — - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - COMO. A great fear and anger that they had not participated in the tender. Cosi ‘to the nineteen sixty children belonging to the school dance “Dance forever” of Lecce, returning home after hospitalization. Young people were reached in the early afternoon of Tuesday ‘to Alzate Brianza (Como) to participate in the Italian league of jazz dance and freestyle. But, because of a ‘food poisoning that caused them severe abdominal pain, were admitted in hospitals of Como, grass and Cantu’. Their conditions were not appeared worrisome, and after a few hours, were discharged. According to the capocomitiva Antonio Licardi, young people have consumed l ‘last meal, based on mushrooms trifoliata, Tuesday’ evening in a hotel Manerba del Garda, in the province of Brescia. The first and illness’ was accused by a girl while traveling by bus. Then, gradually, were captured by pain all the others’ arrival in Alzate Brianza. In early afternoon and ‘needed hospitalization: all accused intestinal severe pain. Aspiring dancers, age ‘between 13 and 18 years, had started from Lecce Monday’ night bus and the next day, after having visited Gardaland, have all stayed ‘hotel “Belvedere” of Manerba, on the shores of Lake Brescia Garda. A dinner have eaten a first, meat served with mushrooms trifoliata and fruits. The first symptoms of malaise has been accused by a girl during the transfer to Alzate Brianza, both by forcing the bus to stop at a ’service area. But all ‘arrival in Comasco symptoms have occurred in about thirty boys for 19 of them,’ was willing hospitalization as a precaution. Nell ‘hotel restaurant “Belvedere” of Manerba del Garda, have spoken of the carabinieri Salo’ with Nas and the doctor from the Department of Public Health’s environmental Usl. All foods have been seized and the offenders kitchen of the restaurant and ‘been temporarily closed. Will be carried out on mushrooms cooked and eaten a dinner that should be all ‘origin of’ poisoning. For nineteen “travoltini”, the anger of not being able to be on track.
But then we danced!
Arnold-Hello I love you-is curious that joke phone-I wanted to tell, pray for me-must come Adolfo Quinones in my city and we must find within a few days yet other dancers! PLEASE! The cost of that stage is less than 60 euros, but I’m asking all!
Arnold, the champion!
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