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I am not complaining, just stating some frustration over the spending of our government on things that I personally think go from meaningful to ridiculous very fast. In fact, I am one of those biologists that they would pay to monitor the nests. I did work like that for years before selling out to the man and going to consulting. Now I spend a lot of time working with land use and access issues and trying to look at ways to do exactly as you suggest, coming up with solutions that will work and will satsify all the stakeholders. That being said, there are still times where the process is broken and I think that this is one of them. I am not anti-piping plover, not by a long shot. In fact, I think that we, as the cause for most of the listed species in N. America, have a responsibility to preserve what we can. But let's be reasonable in what we do. That's all I am saying.
And yes, I know there is no direct relationship between the money they will use for the Plover protection and the poverty in the area, but it's worth making a comparison IMHO, just for perspective.
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