Endangered fish another species at risk to Republican Party

With the Endangered Species Act nearing extinction while in the clutches of the Trump Organization the US Fish and Wildlife Service is asking for comment on a draft recovery plan for the Topeka shiner (Notropis topeka) nearing extirpation from the tributaries to the James, Vermillion and Big Sioux Rivers, some of the most polluted waterways in the United States. Americans are learning Trump supporters can't seem to end all life on Earth soon enough.

Over a hundred native species in South Dakota are at risk to the Republican Party including the endangered pallid sturgeon, paddlefish, black footed ferret, northern long-eared bat, the black-backed woodpecker that feeds on bark beetles and a bird that actually walks underwater - the American dipper, just to name a few. Threatened by the increased conversion of native prairie to cropland the most endangered plant in the chemical toilet that is South Dakota is the white-fringed orchid (Platanthera praeclara) found mainly in tallgrass prairies west of the Mississippi River.

The Topeka shiner lives in isolated pockets of slow-moving, winding prairie streams. A draft recovery plan involving sufficient numbers of the fish in addition to suitable and better connected habitat is now available for public comment. More: https://t.co/23vxb10Yzq 📸:@USFWS pic.twitter.com/bzDts8rtnR

— US Fish and Wildlife (@USFWSMtnPrairie) January 17, 2020

South Dakota ended environmental protection to woo Republican-owned businesses. That’s not self-reliance; it’s moral hazard. https://t.co/Puu27iaaMe #sdleg #sdgov #ecocide https://t.co/Bs0zyXAi77

— interested party (@larry_kurtz) January 17, 2020

The industry waged a propaganda war against Obama’s EPA now Trump has put all life on Earth on the brink of collapse. https://t.co/p2g911eEcS

— interested party (@larry_kurtz) January 18, 2020