More about blowing public money on an extinct bird

From this article:

The South-wide search is partly bankrolled by an annual $1.2 million in grants from the US Fish and Wildlife Service. "We think a few breeding pairs may be out there. And we feel like Arkansas is the strongest bet," said Laurie Fenwood, coordinator of the service's ivory-billed woodpecker program. "If we keep coming up empty, though, big decisions will have to be made. The people [who authorize money] may say, 'OK, that's enough.' So this is an important year."

When you think about the incredibly poor judgment of the USFWS on this species, I think you've got to wonder about their judgment on species like the polar bear as well.