[pct-l] Filling Holes in the Marble Mountain Wilderness

[Bighummel at aol.com (Bighummel@aol.com)]

Well said!

Greg Hummel
Petroleum Geologist 

(who, you might expect, would be agreeing with this administration's "profit 
based agenda" and disrespect for environmental protection and issues, but, in 
fact, does not and indeed sees the great need for drawing a strong line 
between those resources we exploit for the greater good and those that we protect 
for the greater good!)

In a message dated 1/27/2005 4:49:57 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
losthiker@sisqtel.net writes:
These acquired lands will gain "Wilderness" status, and will be just as 
protected as all other Wildernesses Areas.
I agree, the present administration has a skewed view of nature being 
protected from human hands. They enjoy the
systematic dismantling bit by bit of our environmental protection 
legislation, international treaties, national integrity,
and the worldwide respect that America has gained through decades of 
recognizing and protecting human rights, 
national wilderness treasures, and a century of environmental conservation. 
Wilderness status may only be another legal 
loophole they will see as quaint, outdated, and inconsequential in their 
profit based agenda. One of the key bricks
in their foundation is to remove the citizens' and people's voice from the 
environmental decisions and the legal 
process, and place all protection in the realm of a voluntary choice by 
industry who in their mind will be nature's steward. 
I hope they will fail, and America will finally wake up from this really bad 
dreamstate we seem to be trapped in...for the losses
these last four years are disastrous!!