Now this is just @#$& wonderful

From the Bellingham Herald:

Endangered frog likely survives in Whatcom County foothills
The Oregon spotted frog is spotted, to be sure, but it also lives in British Columbia and parts of Washington. Now you can add Whatcom County to the list of possible homes for the critter.

The frog is an "endangered" species under state law, and likely would qualify for "threatened" or "endangered" status under federal law, though its review is pending.

Just try to apply for a building permit anywhere near a stream now. Our county 'planning' office is becoming a type-two bureaucracy as noted by Jerry Pournelle:

Pournelle's Iron Law of Bureaucracy states that in any bureaucratic organization there will be two kinds of people":

First, there will be those who are devoted to the goals of the organization. Examples are dedicated classroom teachers in an educational bureaucracy, many of the engineers and launch technicians and scientists at NASA, even some agricultural scientists and advisors in the former Soviet Union collective farming administration.

Secondly, there will be those dedicated to the organization itself. Examples are many of the administrators in the education system, many professors of education, many teachers union officials, much of the NASA headquarters staff, etc.

The Iron Law states that in every case the second group will gain and keep control of the organization. It will write the rules, and control promotions within the organization.

I do love living here and am not planning to move but sometimes, the local and state government make me re-think my decision to move here. And besides, what @#$& frogs? We don't have no steenkin' frogs...