The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has extended the public comment period in its move to add the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard to its endangered species list. If that happens, it could spell trouble for the oil industry in West Texas and across the country.

The public comment period has been extended through Jan. 19. This is your chance to weigh in on the importance of protecting this vital industry in Texas, and your gas prices!

Please contact the FWS now and tell them that the livelihoods of thousands of West Texas families will be endangered if they move forward with the plan to list a little desert lizard which appears to have thrived while living among the oil wells.

Written comments must be received by close of business on January 19, 2012. For further information on how and where to submit comments, and to review and/or download these documents visit the Service's Southwest Region's website by clicking here.

For more information, go to:
http://www.mywesttexas.com/business/oil/article_e7f32d45-fab8-5025-afa9-...

And click here to read what our friends at the Texas Public Policy Foundation recently posted on the EPA.