blah...almost?

I'm finally done with this final normal week of classes. I would write more about it, but at this point I'd rather not put more energy into it...ergh. All that I have left now is finals. Yipee. I'm going to relax the rest of the day...maybe read some on ants, watch a movie, make a good supper, talk to my lover, I could even start making a project outline for my acorn ant ethogram study.

Endangered species are becoming harder to protect in America thanks to this amendment to the Endangered Species Act. Government agencies no longer will be required, under law, to have environmental consulting by State and Federal scientists (like the Fish & Wildlife and the DNR) when they are doing projects that have the potential to put endangered species in perile. However, they do have the option to consult them, if they so choose (with no immediate incentive for a money starved/money hungry group...what a joke). The World Wildlife Federation in the article comments, "In the eleventh hour of his presidency, President Bush has rammed through a sweeping overhaul of the Endangered Species Act. This action eviscerates key protections that have helped safeguard and recover endangered fish, wildlife and plants for the past 35 years."

With ever-growing corporate control of our governments, the lines will be blurred between what a government and what a private agency is. Do you see the implications of this?

On a lighter note?...Squirrels might be going unexpectedly (at least to us) hungry this winter on the east coast thanks to an acorn shortage.

My lover and I are going to make this sweater over break.