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Re: NFC: On the local level how do we proceeed
Thanks Robert,
Would it be out of line to give them to my friends and associates at DSAC?
Wright
robert a rice wrote:
>
> Wright that was one of the most eloquent responses of the year!!!You win
> 4 free giveaway NFC memberships thank you and well done :)
>
> Tell me where to send em ...you are the man :)
> \
>
> Robert Rice
> Save those Fishes, Join the Native Fish Conservancy
> http://www.nativefish.org
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>
> >
> > One catches far more flies with honey than with vinegar. That last
> > sentence,
> > above, often sets the stage for initiating another of what has been
> > a long
> > string of disasters. The press, the industry, and the politicians
> > just adore
> > such things, but the benefit to the natural habitat is rarely
> > demonstrable.
> >
> > Assume the other guy is a bad guy -- not misinformed or ignorant,
> > but truly
> > mean-spirited and uncaring. Use political action to bring force
> > against him.
> > The interests of the bureaucrat and the interests of the industry
> > mysteriously find themselves aligned and the exact *opposite* of
> > the
> > intended outcome is assured. The poor conservationists who started
> > the
> > process are dismayed at how much worse things have gotten and clamor
> > for use
> > of even more force. If your objective is building a police state, it
> > may be
> > a fairly good plan. If you are interested in species preservation,
> > it is,
> > based on many results, one of the worst.
> >
> > I would prefer to never see another "Kill the Pupfish" bumper
> > sticker, that
> > was the direct result of uncaring and insensitive bureaucrats and
> > conservationists bent on ripping off the private property of someone
> > who
> > bought and paid for it.
> >
> > My suggested alternative approach is to become very sure of your
> > facts about
> > the threatened habitat. Get to know the state wildlife biologists.
> > Spend a
> > bit of time also learning about the industry involved and what their
> > (both
> > management and shareholders) problems and motives really are. Then
> > do a
> > friendly and reasoned job of teaching the folks in that company
> > about the
> > impact they could have, and explore *with them* things that could
> > provide
> > protection without thwarting the needs of their shareholders.
> >
> > Most CEOs would *love* to go to tha annual meeting and say how, for
> > a cost
> > less than 1% of sales, they managed to protect this huge area from
> > the
> > negative impact of the company's effluent. The shareholders really
> > dig that
> > kind of action, if it is based on facts and reason, and if it makes
> > their
> > company a better citizen of the community where they operate.
> >
> > You can help them get into a posture that shields them from future
> > harrassment and law suits, while getting the blind crayfish and
> > snails a
> > stout long-term protector in the person of a well-run and profitable
> > company
> > that already owns their habitat or water source. You don't do it
> > with a chip
> > on your shoulder. You do it with true caring and attempts to
> > understand the
> > best way to achieve everyone's goals.
> >
> > If that approach fails, the Nature Conservacy has been able to help
> > such
> > situations in many areas of the world. Contact them and see what
> > their
> > approach might be.
> >
> > A tiny group of hobbyists starting from the Bay Area Killifish Assn.
> > and
> > expanding from there has been instrumental in establishing a
> > wonderful
> > relationship with many ranchers and others (like the power company
> > for Las
> > Vegas) of central and southern Nevada. Go read about the Desert
> > Springs
> > Action Committee at:
> >
> > http://www.tkphotos.com/DSAC/index.htm .
> >
> > One of the last resident ranchers in Ash Meadow Wildlife Preserve,
> > site of
> > the original Devil's Hole Pupfish "fight," routinely has us over
> > for, or
> > joins our barbeque on our work trips there each fall. He, BTW, was
> > instrumental in getting Nature Conservancy to buy out the more
> > hostile
> > ranchers.
> >
> > At the above web site, you can follow the links to see one of the
> > Preston
> > ranchers giving us tales of the history of Preston NV and the old
> > water
> > wars. He's an active supporter of our (and other) conservation
> > efforts. We
> > all have fun, educating each other.
> >
> > Contrast the relative peace around the springs (nearly all on ranch
> > sites,
> > of course) of the lower Nevada desert with what is happening up
> > around Elko
> > vis-a-vis a southerly habitat of the Bull Trout. That one was
> > pursued with
> > the other method, and after many years is *still* a running disaster
> > (almost
> > a war), with the (probably unimportant) fish still virtually
> > unprotected.
> >
> > I guess if anyone wants to fight, that's their right. Just don't try
> > to
> > convince many of us, who have been there and done that, it is doing
> > much
> > good for the habitat.
> >
> > Active conservation is "where it's at," for me.
> >
> > YMMV.
> >
> > Wright
> >
> > --
> > Wright Huntley, Fremont CA, USA, 510 494-8679 huntleyone at home
> > dot com
> >
> > There are two rules for success in life:
> > Rule 1: Don't tell people everything you know.
> >
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> >
>
> Robert Rice
> Save those Fishes, Join the Native Fish Conservancy
> http://www.nativefish.org
> Love those gartersnakes? visit
> http://gartersnake.net
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Wright Huntley, Fremont CA, USA, 510 494-8679 huntleyone at home dot com
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