USFWS---Your Public Comments Needed on the Oregon Spotted Frogs

From the Oregon Liberty Coalition:
Forward to your Family and Friends in Oregon and Washington.

Please consider making a comment on the Oregon Spotted Frog, even if you do
not live in any of the Counties, the comments can be made anonymously.

The Action by the WildEarth Guardians is clearly a Cloward and Piven tactic to overwhelm the USFWS with claims to force a rushed decision as over 400 species have been ruled by a court order for a fast tract to designate habitat.

It is concerning that State land is being controlled by Bureaucrats in Washington where the jurisdiction should be the State and County by duly elected
Representation.

Let your voice be heard!

Included is a comment letter for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service regarding its proposed designation of critical habitat in our area for the Oregon Spotted Frog.
Please copy or modify to make a comment on the proposed designation.
If you live or use these affected areas please include the impact that restrictions of human activities will have.

Here is the Proposed Rule for the Oregon Spotted Frog  http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=FWS-R1-ES-2013-0088-0001http://1.usa.gov/1aeyh47


Here is the link to make a comment:
http://www.regulations.gov/#!submitComment;D=FWS-R1-ES-2013-0013-0001

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 I do not support the USFWS proposal that will designate critical habitat for the Oregon Spotted Frog (OSF) under the Endangered Species Act.

I'm concerned of what the designation of Critical Habitat will due to our Rural communities, as the abuse that was done with the Spotted Owl Critical Habitat has devastated the Northwest, with the lack of considering the economic impact.  It is stated that an economic impact is being prepared for the OSF , it is also stated that some of the areas have not been monitored or confirmed of the OSF presence or lack thereof. 

The result of Critical habitat designation is re-purposing property to essentially wildlife refuges where human activity is restricted. I reviewed the Proposal and do not see where the OSF is on the verge of a loss of continued existence, as the OSF is extant and occupies most of the areas identified for Critical Habitat, also the OSF lives in other locations across the Northwest. Only pockets are listed where the OSF is no longer present, that is not going extinct.

The fact that the Oregon Spotted Frog (OSF) is no longer located in many of the Historical locations is not an indication that it is the Habitat, as noted in the proposed rule, climate, introduction of non native predators, Trout – Bullfrogs and the chytrid fungus introduced by the African Clawed Frog have been a factor in the reduction of population.
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Proposed Rule Document
http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=FWS-R1-ES-2013-0088-0001


Search tip: use Ctrl F enter the "Critical Habitat Unit 'Num'" to locate the affected areas in that
unit.


LANE County, Oregon
Critical Habitat Unit 10: McKenzie River Sub-Basin

The McKenzie River unit consists of 98 ac (40 ha) in Lane County, Oregon. This critical habitat unit occurs in the Mink Lake Basin, located in the headwaters of the main South Fork of the McKenzie River on the McKenzie River Ranger District of the Willamette National Forest.  The McKenzie River unit includes seven wilderness lakes, marshes, and ponds:  Penn Lake, Corner Lake, Boat Lake, Cabin Meadows, two unnamed marshes and a pond northeast of Penn Lake. A small segment of the South Fork McKenzie River between the two unnamed marshes also is included within this critical habitat unit.

Critical Habitat Unit 11: Middle Fork Willamette River
This unit includes Gold Lake and bog.
Wasco County, Oregon

 Critical Habitat Unit 7: Lower Deschutes River
Deschutes County, Oregon Critical
Habitat Unit 8: Upper Deschutes River
Subunit 8A: Below Wickiup Dam
Subunit 8B: Above Wickiup Dam

 Klamath, Jackson and Deschutes Counties, Oregon Critical
Habitat Unit 9: Little Deschutes River
Critical Habitat Unit 12: Williamson River
Critical Habitat Unit 13: Upper Klamath Lake
Critical Habitat Unit 14: Upper Klamath  

Whatcom County, Washington
Critical Habitat Unit 1: Lower Chilliwack River 
Critical Habitat Unit 2: South Fork Nooksack River

Skagit Counties, Washington
Critical Habitat Unit 3: Samish River

Thurston County, Washington
Critical Habitat Unit 4: Black River

Skamania and Klickitat Counties, Washington
Critical Habitat Unit 5: White Salmon River

Klickitat County, Washington   
Critical Habitat Unit 6: Middle Klickitat River

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