Ed: You are 10000% correct.. but there are some "Extremist Environs" HERE in Bama, that have CLOSED off tens of thousands of acres of Nat'l forrest so now I cannot legally even SHOW my kids that beautiful land... What good is our planet if we cannot even SEE it???? I think "balance" is the key word when talking about the environment.. If you cut down a tree.. plant TWO in it's place.. But don't CLOSE off thousands if not Millions of areas from the public in the name of "Envirnmemtalism".. That is NOT environmentalism, that is CONTROL over the Citizens.. all this, and all my posts aree IMHO of course... NO ill will do I feel towards ANYBODY here..... Unless they are the ones who don't want my kids to even SEE this great land of ours, or tell my kids that my wife is a Murderer fo rfeeding them chicken, beef, fish, pork etc....We MUST improve the environment... But, we can do so without infringing on the rights of the citizens while doing so...I say put the polluters etc in JAIL, and leave the man/woman who is taking his/her kids fishing the hell alone.... Chuck
----- Original Message ----- From: "edward s engelman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 10:55 AM Subject: RE: [VFB] Greenie Salution and a Tribute to Jimmy D. > Everyone. > > Hold on a minute. > > If you examine the history of the environmental movement it was started by > concerned sportsmen and sportswomen. It was perhaps enlightened self > interest but they were able to stop the timber barrons of the 19th century > from slashing and burning whole watersheds that were home to trout and deer > and prevent irreversable degredation of vast areas of land. Here in New > York State, the Adirondak Park became the prototype of our National Park > System. Should those environmentalists be villified? > > What about the conservation platforms of Trout Unlimited, Ducks Unlimited > etc? Members of those conservation organizations are also > environmentalists. Most trout water today would not be as good as it is > without environmentalists. > > Remember conservation means wise use of our national resources. An > evironmentalists is one who values conservation. > > I am an environmentalist and I'm proud of it. > > If not, we loose our trout, our health, our green space. A grey world > indeed. > > Perhaps the trophy fish of tomorrow will be a 10" round goby or > mosquitofish. I for one, hope not. > > Ed Engelman
