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<br />11;0~/1~99 04;48 <br /> <br />7198735126 <br /> <br />U 5 FOREST m;'"STR I E <br /> <br />PAGE 0i <br /> <br />oonDO <br /> <br />Improved lynx habitat. Using the currenr level of informatIon. <br /> <br />which would focus on forest management, federal habirat <br /> <br />plannIng resulting from listing would likely be approached <br /> <br />using highly experimental techniques over a large area and <br /> <br />would requIre a long period oft/me. It is not clear at this (Jjne <br /> <br /> <br />whether even this effort would result in a significant benefir to <br /> <br /> <br />lynx. .. <br /> <br />Perhaps the most interesting and astute observation was by the Bad River Band <br /> <br />of l.ake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians in their response to the u.s. Fish and <br /> <br />Wlldiife Service: <br /> <br /> <br />"We appreciate the USFWS (Service) notice of intent to list <br /> <br />the Canada lynx. <br /> <br />The legislative history was quite <br /> <br />interesting, and definitely very political as outlmed in the <br /> <br />legislath'e synopsis from your enclosures. In effect a <br /> <br />process that seems very influenced by the biodiversity and <br /> <br />animal rights organizations. " <br /> <br />The review intends to show the lack of credible support for listing a <br />specie. Yet, under the current Endangered SpeCies Act the process continues. <br />This is ill least the second time in the last 4-5 years this same issue must be <br />addressed. The stakes with potential lynx habitat are concerned with costs <br />associated with listing along with adverse impacts on current Uses. The ESA <br />only recognizes species and habitat and refuses to recognize the fact it is <br />impra.ctical to convert land to a condition that existed in 1600 or 1800. <br /> <br />Page 6 <br />