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I am posting this so that all of you are aware of what is being stated in the Blue Mountain National Forest Draft Environmental Impact Statement----
From the Blue Mountains DEIS--- “Bighorn sheep are attracted to domestic sheep and goats (Onderka et al. 1988, Schommer and Woolever 2001)” —There is absolutely NO science or studies indicating bighorn sheep are attracted to goats.
Also, to implicate (in the DEIS) the feral goat in the bighorn die-offs in Hells Canyon without mentioning the Rudolph scientific study, is an obvious attempt to distort the facts. Note that none of the science that involves goats is cited by the Forest Service. Schommer, being a biologist, KNOWS what the Rudolph papers say, and he knows that the feral goat DID NOT cause the massive die-offs in Hells Canyon in the early 90's. Why didn't he mention that?
It makes me believe that Schommer (who is based on this Forest) is hand-picking the science that will support his argument. That’s not the type of unbiased “hard look” at the facts and science that NEPA requires.
From the Blue Mountains DEIS--- “Bighorn sheep are attracted to domestic sheep and goats (Onderka et al. 1988, Schommer and Woolever 2001)” —There is absolutely NO science or studies indicating bighorn sheep are attracted to goats.
Also, to implicate (in the DEIS) the feral goat in the bighorn die-offs in Hells Canyon without mentioning the Rudolph scientific study, is an obvious attempt to distort the facts. Note that none of the science that involves goats is cited by the Forest Service. Schommer, being a biologist, KNOWS what the Rudolph papers say, and he knows that the feral goat DID NOT cause the massive die-offs in Hells Canyon in the early 90's. Why didn't he mention that?
It makes me believe that Schommer (who is based on this Forest) is hand-picking the science that will support his argument. That’s not the type of unbiased “hard look” at the facts and science that NEPA requires.