Bite the Hand

If anyone thought that science today could be informative and non-political, the BLM suspended funds for the OSU research team that published in Science last week. Seems that the results of the tree regeneration study in the Biscuit logging area were meant to influence political opinion, and we just can't have federal dollars being spent on anything that influences pending legislation. Science must be banished from public discourse, unless of course it supports the opinions of the powers that be. Vindictiveness on the part of the administration toward anybody that doesn't toe the party line. Got your steel toed boots and your hip waders on? The manure has hit the fan.