I'll definitely support you here. Each year I donate funds to TNC and now
with this, I'll starve the kids a bit more and send you some $$$ for
something productive. 8^) Hopefully with some CP stewards nearby watching
over, the plants won't get ripped off.
Will we use this land for exclusively preservation (ie: keep it hidden and
semi-secret to protect the plants) or use it for education to further the
cause (ie: boardwalks and school field trips)?
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>I also believe that this is only a stopgap measure. We also need to do
>what we can to allow the larger public to empathize with the habitats,
>the plants, and the animals that live in these habitats.
I'd like to believe in John Q. Public also but I'm a tad reluctant. The urge
to clear land and build homes* seems to overrule other priorities.
* - homes is inclusive of parking lots, shopping centers, factories, etc. in
this context.
>The government has no real power to make lasting change. It only acts
>as an agent of the people. People like you and me are the only way that
>these plants will be saved - not a conservation bill in congress.
>You could work *really hard* to get a bill passed, but without wide
>support of the people, it would simply be opposed and eliminated, in
>short-order by other special-interest groups.
Widespread support of the people is good and probably necessary for
realistic change/reform but if we wait for this to happen, we'll lose a lot
of land/plants that will be tough to get back (how many parking lots have
ever been successfully reclaimed and repopulated with native flora/fauna?)
Ron
Ron Lane
RL7329@sprynet.com
Central NJ, USA