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Good posts gentlemen
It strikes me as strange that in our own way, we are the real environmentalists.
Before you blow up, hear me out.
I dont have any use for most people who wear that title, tree huggin idiots who think that there is no difference between the life of a person or the life of a slug. Fools like PETA or ELF who think that we should all live a vegan lifestyle and commune with swamp muck.
But I have equally little use for those who treat the wild places with contemp and wantonly pollute or clearcut 5 acres of woods to put up yet another strip mall half-filled with tanning salons or dollar stores.
Most of us who own property do so at some personel sacrifice. My land is worth several times what my father paid for it and the money I pay in taxes and maintenance would go a long way in my monthly budget. I make these sacrifices and keep my land because to me it has value above its monetary worth. I dont demand that the public maintain open spaces at its expense, I just do it myself and am thankful that I have the means to do that
Rather then scream at the government to leave forests untouched, or whine about the spotted owl, we maintain and care for our little chunk of land and manage it in the manner that best suits the animals that use it. I would bet real money that most of the individuals on this board have done more to help wildlife than any 100 memebers of the sierra club who send in thier annual check.
It may sound corny, but I truly consider myself a steward of the land, I take some but I give back more. I always tell my wife that if the deer herd could be made to understand that all the food I grow and habitat I pant is at the expense of me shooting one or two of them a year, even they would think that thats a pretty good deal.
It strikes me as strange that in our own way, we are the real environmentalists.
Before you blow up, hear me out.
I dont have any use for most people who wear that title, tree huggin idiots who think that there is no difference between the life of a person or the life of a slug. Fools like PETA or ELF who think that we should all live a vegan lifestyle and commune with swamp muck.
But I have equally little use for those who treat the wild places with contemp and wantonly pollute or clearcut 5 acres of woods to put up yet another strip mall half-filled with tanning salons or dollar stores.
Most of us who own property do so at some personel sacrifice. My land is worth several times what my father paid for it and the money I pay in taxes and maintenance would go a long way in my monthly budget. I make these sacrifices and keep my land because to me it has value above its monetary worth. I dont demand that the public maintain open spaces at its expense, I just do it myself and am thankful that I have the means to do that
Rather then scream at the government to leave forests untouched, or whine about the spotted owl, we maintain and care for our little chunk of land and manage it in the manner that best suits the animals that use it. I would bet real money that most of the individuals on this board have done more to help wildlife than any 100 memebers of the sierra club who send in thier annual check.
It may sound corny, but I truly consider myself a steward of the land, I take some but I give back more. I always tell my wife that if the deer herd could be made to understand that all the food I grow and habitat I pant is at the expense of me shooting one or two of them a year, even they would think that thats a pretty good deal.
