The ladies over at Right We Are! pointed me to a story that struck a chord. The story is from FoxNews which reports on life and death issues as they relate to snakes, frogs and turtles. Meanwhile, critics blasted the event's $100,000 price tag.
The Conference on Ecology and Transportation held in Lake Placid was dedicated to finding new and totally unnecessary ways to spend taxpayer dollars. Nelson Hoffman, who credits a five-year-old boy as his intellectual advisor, was on hand to explain how putting up fences helped Vermont preserve the life of its waning frog population.
"It's making sure frogs are fat and not flat," he said.Sheesh! One would imagine that there are more important things to worry about than smashed critters on the highway.
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