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There are plenty of species (fish and non-fish alike) where their populations have not only maintained but thrived in Oregon since European settlement!! Examples include: Carp, European Green crab, Feral swine, Gypsy moth, Mitten crab, Nutria, Opossum and even plant species such as: Scott's Broom, Gorse, Hydrilla, English Ivy, Thistles, and European Beachgrass just to name a few.

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Just to shake things up I'd like to bring a small fact to light: We don't actually live, participate, or have a say in a "democracy" b/c there is little to no Democracy involved in US politics. In a democratic govt everybody has a say and the majority rules...in the US we have a Representative govt where only select few have any say in what goes on. True, we do have the oppurtunity to 'elect' those representatives, but they aren't forced to do what the majority actually wants. They can choose to 'represent' us as they see fit...or say, as lobbiest's see fit. My point is, once the proposal bids for the LNG terminals were submitted to FERC the ball is taken out of our court so to speak. At that point, they technically have the final say on whether or not these sites will actually fabricate...not the county commissioners or the Port members that foolishly pushed the proposals through in the first place...not even the Governer, who really didn't make his two-faced standpoint until he knew it was actually too late to do anything. All we can be is a thorn in either FERC or LNG's side and maybe they'll decide to drop it...but the decisions are tragically out of our hands for the most part.

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