17-09-2003, 03:38 AM
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"Preservationists" accelerate bark beetle infestations
(Aozotorp) writes:
(Aozotorp) writes:
Groups like The Nature Conservancy and The Audubon Society have an
interest in wildlife habitat.
Interesting =Two of the most attacked groups by the right!
No, they are not. TNC has as many republican supporters as democratic
supporters. Your comment is just another feeble attempt to demonize
conservationists.
You have to be kidding me! The Nature Conservancy has been attacked for
handling its finances = it was just called before Congress and the way it buys
land and sells it to the Government! I have no doubt Moderate Republicans (all
5) support TNC; but you best search the literature before you say that!
That was a left wing attack against The Nature Conservancy, not a right
wing attack.
The Audubon Society has apparently, at least for the moment, fought off
the left wing takeover like the one that converted the Sierra Club from a
conservationist organization to a radical preservationist organization.
Ford foundation was attacked for giving money to the Audubon Society not the
Sierra Club!
Who was doing the attacking? Do you have a reference for this one?
It is interesting to note that, since the preservationists took over the
organization, the Sierra Club has quit doing anything but raise political
funds. They no longer support conservation projects of any kind.
Oh to the contrary. The Denver Chapter devotes a lot of its funds to fund
taking inner city youths to such as wilderness otuings and survival trips in
the wilderness! You best check that out again! I notice the elk people, last
I heard had spotted buying land to protect it! Seems that is a problem on the
right also!
You keep trying to confuse conservationists and right wingers. Of course
conservationists have been forced into buying land to maintain elk
habitat. If they don't maintain some elk browse, the tree huggers will
grow trees on the land and wipe the elk out. For many species, dense
forest is death. There is nothing at ground level to eat in a closed
canopy. All large animals starve to death.
would hate to see the Audubon Society fall into a similar trap. However,
I suspect that, unlike The Sierra Club, The Audubon Society has too many
members who really know something about birds and the environment. They
will be much harder to bullshit than the members of TSC.
Have you ever read an Aubudon Publication?? It is full of polical info just
like the Sierra Magazine! I know I belong to the Aubudon Society!
I'm sorry to hear that. Not that you are a member, but that the
publications have degenerated into political rags instead of educating
the membership.
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