[BCNnet] FW: IBET Re: Changes in Illinois Endangered Species List (no sightings)

[Carolyn A. Marsh]

This is to BCN: Eric Seeker issued an invitation to attend a BCN meeting
this weekend. I noticed that BCN members voted in the past not to meet at
the South Shore Cultural Center on the Southeast side of Chicago because it
was too inconvenient. That is understandable; however, it denies input by
those living on the southeast side of Chicago and northwest Indiana for the
opportunity to attend. Please consider that the Calumet Region residents
should be able to have access to the meetings at least annually.

 

Carolyn

 

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>From IBET:

What happens with the federal Endangered Species Act is critical to a
state's ES program. I would hope that ornithologists and others appointed to
Department of Natural Resources committees in every state would be concerned
about the changes to the federal guideline and law and do not expect the
general public to respond alone to the complex changes to the ES Act.

What does the state list really mean? The scientists and others that compose
the state list do not have the authority to investigate complaints of a
problem with a listed bird. That is left to the law enforcement division of
the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Does the IDNR keep a list of
complaints and resolutions? Does the investigation depend on the resources
of the IDNR, if so, what are the resources? In my experience in the Lake
Calumet area the Endangered Species and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act are
not respected by officials, however, maybe other areas get more attention.
Yeah, and Indiana is worse.

Carolyn Marsh, Whiting, IN 

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