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Scientists challenge US wildlife director's qualifications
2023-04-13
[aol.com] Dozens of scientists from universities and environmental groups are pushing for the removal of the head of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, claiming she lacks the educational background required to run the agency despite securing Senate confirmation last year.
Why are these 100 scientists such snobs? Ms Williams grew up on a farm, specializes in environmental law, and served for three years as director of Montana’s Fish, Wildlife and Parks department, which altogether sound like exactly the credentials and experiences a federal bureaucrat ought to have.
The concerns over the credentials of service Director Martha Williams were outlined in a letter from 100 scientists sent Wednesday to President Joe Biden and U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland.
"100 scientists"? Sounds Consensusyâ„¢
Williams is an attorney who majored in philosophy, and her critics claim she does not have the science-based education that federal law says is required for the position. Government attorneys have rejected allegations she's not credentialed, but they have not disputed her lack of a science degree.
Posted by:746

#8  I think the Biden Administration did a headshot six pack of potential candidates for each position and Joe thought she looked most like a park ranger. Then he went back to enjoying his tapioca.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-04-13 14:48  

#7  "And wear your mask! Wear two of them."
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-04-13 13:53  

#6  But Mayor Pete is eminantly qualified to be Transportation Secretary.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2023-04-13 11:46  

#5  Frank, along with many others, Norman Borlaug helped show the lie in Ehrlich's book. Dr Borlaug helped to develop improved strains of wheat and other crops. These improvements allowed India to go from an importer of grain to an exporter.
Dr. Borlaug also won the Nobel Peace Prize (one of the few deserving people.)
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2023-04-13 11:22  

#4  Paul Ralph Ehrlich (born May 29, 1932) is an American biologist best known for his pessimistic—and wildly inaccurate[2][3][4][5][6][7][unbalanced opinion?][editorializing]—predictions and warnings about the consequences of population growth and limited resources.[8][9]

Ehrlich became well known for the controversial 1968 book The Population Bomb which he co-authored with his wife Anne H. Ehrlich, in which they famously—and erroneously—stated that "[i]n the 1970s hundreds of millions of people will starve to death in spite of any crash programs embarked upon now."[10][11] Among the solutions suggested in that book was population control, including "various forms of coercion" such as eliminating "tax benefits for having additional children,"[2] to be used if voluntary methods were to fail, as well as letting "hopeless" countries like India starve to death
Posted by: Frank G   2023-04-13 11:02  

#3  "Wildlife" is just another club for the left to hit us over the head with. Their requirements for the job have nothing to do with actual conservation.

Brought to you by the same people who screech "if it saves just one life" out of one side of their mouths while screeching "choice" out of the other.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-04-13 10:58  

#2  Why are these 100 scientists such snobs? Ms Williams grew up on a farm, specializes in environmental law, and served for three years as director of Montana’s Fish, Wildlife and Parks department, which altogether sound like exactly the credentials and experiences a federal bureaucrat ought to have.

TW,

Ma'am, that's exactly the point. Ms. Williams probably didn't come from the Right Schools and Right Rroups, and if she has actual experience in what she's there for then there's no way they can let her run around loose in the provinces. She might give the plebes ideas or worse, challenge theirs.

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski   2023-04-13 10:56  

#1  Some that are qualified should not serve.

Florida professor leaves $190,000-a-year job following claim he faked data on racism studies

Ringing "The Bell Curve".
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-04-13 07:37  

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