RE: NANFA-- Raiders of the Last Park (longish)

Jay DeLong (thirdwind_at_att.net)
Mon, 13 Aug 2001 19:53:03 -0700

> This gets back to the whole point that what's needed is to
> preserve habitat
> so you don't get in the stupid position of trying to preserve a
> few seeds, or fish, or whatever.
>
> I participated in something related to this today. My wife Ruth
> and I joined
> about 30 other people in Fayetteville, TN, on the Elk River to
> move a large
> pile of limestone slabs into the river. This is to restore habitat for an
> endangered species, the Boulder Darter (_Etheostoma wapiti_).

Way to go, Bruce. In a period where selfishness and greed are once again
being touted as noble goals, you go and so something good for the world we
share without hurting anyone else or making a profit. That's truly noble.
Same goes for you, Mr. Shute.

--
Jay DeLong
Olympia, WA
"If the biota, in the course of aeons, has built something we like but do
not understand, then who but a fool would discard seemingly useless parts?
To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent
tinkering."
~ Aldo Leopold (1953)




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