I don't wear tinfoil hats, but I tend to agree with Ticka. The ESA has so much mumbo-jumbo, red tape and such that it appears it could be rife for possible abuse and few in the public could fight it.

Who the hell knows how many Special Snowflake Snakes or Totally Rad Turtles lived in a place 150+ years ago and how many are there now? So 19,000+ acres is impacted because of 20 snakes found over three decades? Or the "Gulf Beach Mouse" that looks like a friggin' hamster and only has been seen by a few people will prohibit, limit or restrict development, even by a guy who owns land and wants to put up a little beach shack?

It just sucks sometimes, or makes you wonder if antis are pulling strings, when a spider or mouse or green-eyed horsefly has more power thanks to the Feds and the ESA.