提倡狩獵與漁獵的人士27日向美國國會資源委員會表示，布希政府擴大開採西方公有地的石油與天然氣，此舉對於魚類與野生動物有負面的影響。希歐多爾‧羅斯福保育夥伴組織(the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership)董事會成員之一史貝若(Rollin Sparrowe)表示，在聯邦政府機構與工業團體的眼裡，魚類與野生動物被視為發展能源的「阻礙」。
因狩獵與漁獵利益受損而提出抗議的，還包括兩個聯盟團體的代表，原因來自於布希政府為簡化在聯邦土地上開採的環境調查報告與核可程序，進而制定了一連串的規則。工業團體長期以來便主張往弱化官僚主義的方向進行修正，以及要求延宕開採的訴訟；然而批評人士堅稱，種種的改變太過份，開採油源與天然氣也成為首要利益。
史貝若向資源委員會表示，政府不但以脅迫的方式進行，並且未在允許開採之前先做好功課，研究此舉對魚類及野生動物有何影響，也未在開採範圍與發展的速度方面設限。
The Bush administration's expansion of oil and gas drilling on Western public lands is having adverse impacts on fish and wildlife, hunting and fishing advocates told the House Resources Committee today. Fish and wildlife are treated as an "impediment" to energy development by federal agencies and industry groups, said Rollin Sparrowe, a board member of the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership.
The complaints by hunting and fishing interests, including representatives of two union groups, came in the wake of a series of regulatory efforts by the Bush administration to streamline the environmental review and approval of drilling permits for federal lands. Industry groups have long argued for the revisions to reduce the red-tape and litigation that can delay drilling, but critics contend the changes have gone too far and elevated oil and gas drilling above all other interests.
The government is involved in a "shotgun approach to leasing," Sparrowe told the committee, and is failing to adequately study the impacts to fish and wildlife before approving permits for drilling and putting few constraints on the scope and pace of development.
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