21 July 2007

A sigh of relief from Preble's meadow jumping mouse

Hoping to sneak it out on a Friday when the nation's ever vigilant press corps starts drinking early the US Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that it is to review decisions on eight endangered species that were taken under the politicised reign of former deputy assistant secretary Julie A. MacDonald. Ms. McDonald left the Service under a cloud earlier this year after "an inspector general's report that found she had improperly leaked information to private organizations, bullied staff scientists and broken federal rules".

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