WHY DO THE FEDS WANT BIGFOOT TO REMAIN UNDCOMENTED & MYTHICAL?

[georgerm]

The Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management rule over federal forest lands with a primary goal of providing lumber for the nation's building industry and for sustaining a large work force. They have hired top wildlife biologist, yet bigfoot remains a mythical creature. They also know that if bigfoot becomes a scientifically proven primate species, large areas of present and future timber production will probably be shut down in the same manner as what happened with the Spotted Owl but at a much larger scale. Is there a reasonable solution for this potential problem or should there be no effort to prove bigfoot as a new species?

 

 

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The Fed's view of Bigfoot is a lot like my view of my neighbor's tree.  Until it falls on my roof, I don't consider it or think about it.

 

To the extent they might have concerns AFTER the fact I don't see one overriding government concern.

 

You mention various considerations which might come into play.  But they are not going to come into play until they need to come into play.

 

Look at what our government did on a known creature:  The Condor.   

 

At no time did all lumbar industry shut down because of the condor.  Obviously when they knew the condor numbers were going down, they took many actions.

The Bald Eagle was in trouble.  That known animal was on the endangered list.  Then, the government took many actions.  Today the bald eagle is pretty common thankfully.  At no time did they limit or stop fishing, tree cutting, and so on.  They did have big time fines and possible jail time for killing a bald eagle.  I am not saying they didn't have any restrictions.   But the whole world didn't stop.

 

 

We can see what the government would concern itself with and how it would base on some real-world examples.  I really doubt the government knows bigfoot is real.   Just like the condor, bald eagle or any other example I admit the government would take SOME action.  I just doubt the logging industry and others would suddenly come to an end.    Sure, a more dangerous animal might increase limitations of what the public could and couldn't do.  i have to think even with bears, people are able to still go into the woods.