What is wildlife instinction?

GMO seeding in wildlife refuges. Are you aware of this?

• http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/03/06/monsantos-pesticides-and-gmo.aspx?e_cid=20120306_DNL_art_1 Did You Know? GM Crops are Sown in Wildlife Refuges Across U.S. In related news, the White House has refused to release certain portions of a January 11 email sent from a Monsanto-linked lobbyist to top Obama administration policy analyst Peter Schmeissneri. The email was requested by the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. Based on other emails they have already obtained, PEER believes the email in question could reveal that the White House is colluding with lobbyists to defend the planting of genetically modified crops in wildlife refuges. According to Truthout: "Last July, PEER released a number of internal emails revealing that Peter Schmeissner, a senior science policy analyst and member of the White House's biotechnology working group, had corresponded with the BIO lobbyist about a legal challenge filed by PEER and its allies. The PEER lawsuit had successfully halted GE crop plantings in wildlife refuges in northeastern states, and the group continues to challenge planned plantings in other regions across the country. In the emails obtained by PEER, longtime biotech lobbyist Adrianne Massey asks Schmeissner if the 'interagency working group' is addressing the PEER's legal challenges. Massey also forwarded environmental assessments of proposed GE crop plots at wildlife refuges in other regions of the country. These assessments could protect future GE crop plots in refuges from legal challenges." Legal documents state that the White House is withholding part of the email because it accidentally also included information about the Biotechnology Industry Organization's (BIO's) lobbying strategy, which, if released, "would cause competitive harm to the group and the companies it represents," Truthout reports. In response, PEER staff counsel Kathryn Douglass has stated, "We suspect the reason an industry lobbyist so cavalierly shared strategy is that the White House is part of that strategy." Crazy as it sounds, the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service has permitted GM seeds to be sown in wildlife reserves for several years now, as part of various habitat restoration efforts. The idea is that planting herbicide-resistant GM crops helps establish ground cover while allowing them to kill off unwanted weeds. PEER challenged this practice after being contacted by concerned Fish and Wildlife biologists, and claims it is being used as a ploy to boost exports of GM crops. According to Truthout: "PEER contends that the White House working group's involvement indicates high-level interest in showing trade partners that the US government considers GE crops to be so environmentally safe that Americans plant them in wildlife reserves." PEER also claims to have evidence in the form of an email showing that US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack has pressured the Fish and Wildlife Service to support GE agriculture. "In the January 14 email, Interior Department Deputy Secretary David Hayes told top Interior Department and Fish and Wildlife officials that Vilsack is "somewhat exercised that the Administration is not being consistent in supporting genetically engineered crops," Truthout reports.

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  Most people will read this and think What's the big deal with genetically modified seeds or crops? That's how I reacted until I learned how those plants affect the soil they're planted in and the micro organisms in the soil. Which affects us when we consume the crops (Or the wildlife on those refuges, for those of us who are hunters). I recommend people don't shrug it off brfore they see for themselves what's involved. Here's a very interesting video on the subject. This man knows his stuff and he's not selling anything. It's on the video list here and it's title is: Dr. Mercola Interviews Dr. Huber about GMO (Part 1 of 2) http://articles.mercola.com/videos.aspx