2010

April 5, 2010 The Seminal: Offshore Oil Drilling: Politics Trumps Science President Obama is a vast improvement over former President Bush in every respect. Remember when we all decried the politicization of then-President Bush’s science-related decisions, and worked for a candidate who vowed to listen to science …

April 5, 2010 Washington Times: Empty Rhetoric, Empty Gas Tanks: Obama’s Energy Policy is Just for Show After President Obama’s Andrews Air Force Base “energy policy” statement Wednesday, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said that last year he received more than a half-million citizen comments on lease sales …

March 28, 2010 San Francisco Chronicle: Casting a Wide Net for an Ocean Rescue The rumor seemed to gain a life of its own in the blogosphere: President Obama was poised to ban sportfishing in America …

March 22, 2010 Herald News: OUTDOORS: Too much red tape, again The trailer boat pulled into the South Watuppa pond parking lot and headed for the boat ramp. When it approached the yellow tape line cordoning off the ramp, the operator was approached by an environmental police officer …

March 21, 2010 New York Post: Rec fishing groups fight for access There is a storm brewing in the recreational fishing community over a new federal plan for oceans and great lakes that would limit sport fishing in large areas of open waters …

March 16, 2010 Working Waterfront: From the Town Landing: Drawing the line on spatial planning Managing the nation’s ocean waters has got to be one of the most vexing and complicated resource-management tasks governments attempt-and it’s about to get a lot more complicated …

March 15, 2010 Bigjournalism.com: Obama To Ban Fishing? Not Yet, But… Give the Regulators Time Is the Obama administration trying to ban sport fishing? Not at this time. Is the Obama administration setting up structures and processes that could, and probably will, eventually result in more regulatory restrictions on sport fishing? You betcha …

March 15, 2010 Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Hook, line & sinker: Bad policy A redo of federal policy on use of marine, Great Lakes and inland waters bears close watching by recreational anglers, the industry that serves them and Congress …

March 14, 2010 Advocate: The Wild Side for March 14: President’s actions hard to understand This is the most difficult outdoors piece I’ve ever written. That’s because I could never have imagined our president could fail us more miserably than he is now …