Just days before a May 9 congressional oversight hearing into the Bush administration’s violations of the Endangered Species Act and censorship of science, a top-ranking Interior Department official resigned Monday. Julie MacDonald, who was the assistant secretary of fish, wildlife and parks, responsible for overseeing the entire Fish and Wildlife Service endangered species program, used her position to squelch the protection of endangered species by rewriting scientific reports, according to the Center for Biological Diversity.
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Activists Cheer Departure of Endangered Species Foe
Posted by: Katherine Noyes May 2, 2007 01:50 PMJust days before a May 9 congressional oversight hearing into the Bush administration’s violations of the Endangered Species Act and censorship of science, a top-ranking Interior Department official resigned Monday. Julie MacDonald, who was the assistant secretary of fish, wildlife and parks, responsible for overseeing the entire Fish and Wildlife Service endangered species program, used her position to squelch the protection of endangered species by rewriting scientific reports, according to the Center for Biological Diversity.