Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D.

To the Editor:

Re “How
Can Obama Rebound?” (Op-Ed articles, July 18):

I agree with Kathleen Hall Jamieson (“Explain Broken Promises”) that
President Obama can rebound, if at all, by explaining broken promises,
including promises in the environmental area affecting wildlife and
other precious resources.

Many good, dedicated people worked incredibly hard to reintroduce wolves
in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming after they had been eradicated by humans,
but the slaughter has resumed in Idaho and Montana because of the Obama
administration’s failure to protect them under the Endangered Species
Act.

The Interior Department continues in litigation to preserve the Bush
administration’s removal of protection under the Endangered Species Act
for the relatively few grizzly bears that remain in the Greater
Yellowstone Area.

The Obama administration has declined to enhance protections for polar
bears in light of climate change. Mr. Obama signed a law, backed by the
National Rifle Association, that allows loaded, concealed weapons to be
carried in our national parks.

Those of us who care very much about the environment and who were
euphoric about the Obama administration’s replacement of the Bush
administration, among the worst in American history from the
environmental standpoint, have been let down by Mr. Obama. We need an
explanation.

Robert H. Aland
Winnetka, Ill., July 20, 2010

The writer is the plaintiff in pending litigation against the
Interior Department over protection for grizzly bears.