Paul Tolme

May 1, 2002

The Washington Times’ Hair-Raising Tall Tale

Former Delaware Gov. Pete du Pont wrote an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal (3/27/02) condemning “scientific fraud” by environmentalists. His first example: “The December revelation that employees of the Fish and Wildlife Service and the Forest Service had planted fake wild lynx hair in states where there were no lynx, so that the areas […]

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