Lizard Delay Update: PBPA President Releases Statement
By: Mycah Glover
Updated: December 1, 2011
WASHINGTON, DC -- Ben Sheppard, PBPA President, has been fighting the listing of the Sand Dune Lizard since last December. He was in Washington, D.C. fighting the issue when the news broke that U.S. Fish & Wildlife approved a 6 month extension on the listing. Sheppard sent Big 2 the following statement:
"I applaud and greatly appreciate the US Fish and Wildlife Service's move to study this issue further --- providing room for real science and local input in the decision-making process. As I have stated all along, there is absolutely no scientific basis on which to base the addition of the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard to the Endangered Species List. Citizens of the Permian Basin can rest assured that the PBPA will do everything in its power to gather even more information to prove once and for all this listing is not warranted."
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"I applaud and greatly appreciate the US Fish and Wildlife Service's move to study this issue further --- providing room for real science and local input in the decision-making process. As I have stated all along, there is absolutely no scientific basis on which to base the addition of the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard to the Endangered Species List. Citizens of the Permian Basin can rest assured that the PBPA will do everything in its power to gather even more information to prove once and for all this listing is not warranted."
Tune in to Big 2 News at 5pm & 10pm for the full story.
