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Can a New Sewer System save an Endangered Woodpecker?

Jun 28, 2006 @ 10:38 pm by Moose

The town can’t afford the much needed sewer system and growth in the area further threatens the much endangered red cockaded woodpecker.

Availability of public sewer determines the future development of Boiling Spring Lakes, but could it also save the city’s endangered woodpeckers?

Administrators contend that the city cannot afford sewer service without financial assistance beyond its own tax base. Should such assistance come from the federal government, however, it could prompt a federal review of the system’s installation in the area that in turn would require a plan to conserve the habitat of the red-cockaded woodpecker, according to a spokesperson for the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which monitors the birds.

Tying these two problems together is why our taxes are so high. Maybe if they can’t afford to pay for the sewer system with local funds how bout not allowing the area to be developed? If the only reason to put in the sewer system is to save the birds then you might as well be flushing money down the toilet.

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