"Reptile Dysfunction"

Sand Dunes Lizard

Capitol Report New Mexico - Here are a couple more dispatches on the “Lizard War” we’ve been blogging about. First, the Houston Chronicle ran a story in its Sunday edition on the debate raging in west Texas and southeast New Mexico about whether the dunes sage brush lizard should be placed on the federal government’s endangered species list: “It’s reptile dysfunction,” said Jerry Patterson, the [Texas] land commissioner, who has filed comments with federal officials in opposition of the proposed listing. The Texas General Land Office, which Patterson leads, earned a record $108 million for drilling rights in school fund lands during a quarterly auction last month. “If we had this hanging over us, do you think people will be writing checks just for the right to drill?” he said. “It will bring exploration and production to a screeching halt.” Read full story here: News New Mexico

"Reptile Dysfunction"