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« Reply #2041 on: February 07, 2025, 01:10:04 pm »
You're Beautiful...............James Blunt


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« Reply #2045 on: April 28, 2025, 01:24:17 pm »
You still get Dan Rather pieces? Had some good ones
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« Reply #2047 on: May 15, 2025, 05:33:45 pm »


Eagle Log

2025-05-14
Important Request for Public Assistance
 

The US Fish and Wildlife Service has announced a plan to fundamentally alter the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to be interpreted differently than it has since its creation.

Currently, the ESA disallows harm of an endangered species (without mitigation to make up for the loss.) It defines “harm” as “take,” which currently means an act which actually kills or injures the wildlife. It is currently interpreted to include significant habitat modification or degradation where it actually kills or injures wildlife by significantly impairing essential behavioral patterns, including breeding, feeding or sheltering.

Specifically, they would like to delete the definition of “harm” in the act. Removing this definition of “harm” means that they would NO LONGER CONDUCT ANY IMPACT STUDIES, as is currently required by The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). NEPA now REQUIRES federal agencies to assess the environmental effects of any proposed action prior to making decisions.

Removing the definition of “harm” which includes “habitat modification” from the ESA would NULLIFY THE ACT and everything it has done to save Bald Eagles and every other species it has protected, since it was signed into law in 1973. The cascading effects of this change would absolutely impact Jackie and Shadow, the rare plants in our valley, and all of the precious and beautiful nature that surrounds us in our country.

The public is allowed to submit comments to the agency. Comments are due by May 19th at 11:59 pm. We are asking each of you who is willing, to please submit comments using the link below. Many of us will be adding our voices against this detrimental and shortsighted decision. Keeping the ESA intact is of utmost importance, not only for Jackie and Shadow, but for all wildlife. This proposed change could prove to be one of the most harmful things we have done to nature in the last fifty years.

As we ask you to please comment, we want to caution that it is important to keep your comments polite, respectful, factual, and concise for them to have an impact. Please keep in mind that comments will be public. You can provide a statement anonymously but they do not guarantee that it stays that way. If nothing else, we urge you to read the public comments that have been submitted so far to understand what the change may do. And if you will, please pass this information along so that others can take action.

To make your voice best heard by the agencies and to maximize the impact of your comments, we recommend

1. State clearly that you are writing in opposition to the proposal.

2. Point out that the proposal essentially nullifies the ESA passed by the U.S. Congress in 1973. The proposal is counter to the purpose of the ESA to protect imperiled species and the ecosystems upon which they depend.

3. State the fact that we cannot protect the species without protecting their habitats. Without the habitats, wildlife would go extinct.

4. If possible, add any other facts or observations that you personally see or have experienced regarding the impact the proposed changes would have on endangered species.

You can read all about the proposed change and comment here:

https://www.federalregister.gov/.../rescinding-the...

Previously submitted comments are available here:

Regulations.gov
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P.S. Thank you very much for your assistance and participation. We hope that many of us leave our comments on the government website and make our voices heard.

At the same time, we ask you to please refrain from political comments and arguments under this post. Let's keep our focus on the wildlife and our role in ensuring their future on this planet.

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« Reply #2048 on: May 15, 2025, 05:35:52 pm »
PS

Is HE dead yet?
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« Reply #2050 on: May 26, 2025, 10:25:24 am »
Quote from: Frodo on April 28, 2025, 01:24:17 pm
You still get Dan Rather pieces? Had some good ones


Carole King
A Reason To Smile

DAN RATHER AND TEAM STEADY
MAY 25, 2025

When we started A Reason To Smile more than four years ago, we had no idea how sorely we would all need a weekly respite from the deranged, whiplash-inducing, march toward chaos we are all living through. And I mean “we.” I always look forward to your comments, so please keep them coming.

Now to this week’s reason to smile … 52 years ago tomorrow, on a cool, overcast day, Central Park hosted one of its first free popular music concerts. The concert giver was legendary singer-songwriter Carole King. More than 100,000 showed up for King’s return to her native New York after moving to L.A.

We’ve chosen one of King’s other songs, but if you have an hour or so to spare, I recommend watching that concert, which was made into a documentary: “Carole King: Home Again.” It is streaming on PBS. It also gives you the added advantage of supporting your local PBS station, which can really use the help right now. All of the wonderful arts programming produced by public television is now in jeopardy because of the misguided presumptions of the current administration.

King began her career as half of a songwriting duo with her husband at the time, Gerry Goffin. She never intended to become a performer, but after splitting from Goffin, she was encouraged to do so by music producer Lou Adler. Good advice. Her second album, “Tapestry,” released in 1971, was a massive critical and commercial success.


Of all the hits on the album, I am partial to King’s own version of “Natural Woman,” which had been a huge hit for Aretha Franklin several years earlier.




This recording is from a concert tour decades later that King dubbed “Welcome to My Living Room.” She thought of the idea after spending time in a lot of other people’s living rooms while campaigning for Hillary Clinton in 2016.


Stay steady,

Dan


If you want to enjoy all the songs chosen for A Reason To Smile, you can listen to this Spotify playlist, which is updated weekly.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3yD4rVQIiU9BDNWcI9peZG?si=HfosZxvGQrK2oW5h7UEhPw&nd=1&dlsi=c9a4a5bec8754597
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« Reply #2051 on: June 11, 2025, 09:25:07 am »
Flying high upon the Wings of Love ~The Two of US flying high.

MISTY'S SPIRIT SOARS WITH THEM 💕💞





Sunny & Gizmo are both seen on the LS (Lookout Snag) perching together ♥ Sunny flies off first, then Gizmo. We have stunning closeups of Gizmo on the HT (Headless Tree). She flies off and joins Sunny on the ST (Simba Tree). Gizmo will fly off first, then Sunny and they will soar the skies together!! It is breathtaking watching them.

This was the first time seen on cam with the sisters Sunny & Gizmo soaring the skies together! They have done everything together since they were young & developed a strong close bond as siblings especially since the fateful day when a snow storm took the life of the oldest sister Misty. When Sunny & Gizmo are soaring together, there is a cloud on the right whose shape looks like an eagle flying. I would like to think that it is Misty's spirit soaring with Sunny & Gizmo as their wing-man. 💕💞💕  Thank you for watching!

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