Woodpecker More Important Than People Dr. Michael L. Ford 1 August 2006 For over a week now I have been thinking about the ramifications of the story about a woodpecker in Arkansas. It has halted a 320 million dollar irrigation project. Over the years I have repeatedly said I believe many of the animal rights people illustrate the truth of the devolution of man as outlined in the Bible, Romans chapter 1. The story of the ivory billed woodpecker is one more strong evidence that I am right as The National Wildlife Federation and Arkansas Wildlife Federation demonstrates they worship the creature more than the Creator by promoting harm to men who are made in God’s image in preference to a creature that might very well already be extinct. The Corps of Engineers project to build a pumping station on the White River is designed to bring irrigation water to farmers who grow cotton, soybeans, and rice for America and the world. It is needed because the main aquifer below eastern Arkansas will likely be depleted by 2015. Without delay, the project only has about four years of grace between when it would come on line and the failure of the aquifer as a source. The problem is presented as one of economic loss to a few, but the truth is we all will be affected. The issue is not really about protecting a woodpecker. It is about harming mankind. You see, the woodpecker has not been seen since 1944, though a kayaker claimed to have seen one in 2004, fourteen miles from the Grand Prairie Irrigation Project. A hundred volunteers and researchers spent weeks trying to validate his story without result, so now a federal judge has ordered that ivory bill nests and forage sites within 2 ½ miles of the project be evaluated. How do you evaluate nests you cannot find, for a bird likely to be extinct for the past 60 years? Even if the bird is proven to be alive it would have a wide ranging habitat that is not likely to be impacted by a pumping station 80 million dollars has already been spent on. You see, how disingenuous the whole thing is? Animal rights people worry about causing woodpeckers stress. Not concerned with the stress loss of the faming lands cause people, the they prove the bird is more to them than mankind |
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