Strangely, this particular message is the indirect result of the postings
about Nisqually/McAllister eagles vs herons....Nisqually is a success story
in the large corporation vs environmentalist battle.

Dianna Moore (daughter of Jack and Ada Davis...who battled Weyerhauser for
the the Nisqually Delta Wildlife Sanctuary.)
----- Original Message -----
From: steve rothboeck <srothboeck at hotmail.com>
To: <MBlanchrd at aol.com>; <mcallkrm at dfw.wa.gov>; <TWEETERS at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Monday, August 30, 1999 2:09 PM
Subject: Re: Eagle Predation and Great Blue Herons


> We should consider supporting measures that encourage stabilization of
this
> country's population. And a good place to start, is by joining the
> organization: Zero Population Growth. R/Steve
>
>
> >From: MBlanchrd at aol.com
> >Reply-To: MBlanchrd at aol.com
> >To: mcallkrm at dfw.wa.gov, TWEETERS at u.washington.edu
> >Subject: Re: Eagle Predation and Great Blue Herons
> >Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 10:04:23 EDT
> >
> >In a message dated 8/29/99, 9:40:28 PM, mcallkrm at dfw.wa.gov writes:
> ><<So.... how do we sort it all out?
> > >>
> >
> >WE don't . We have to let nature take its course.
> >
> >We upset it, now we have to let the chips fall where they may, whether we
> >like it or not.
> >
> >I don't want to see Great Blue Herons die out, but then neither do I
think
> >that "controlling" Bald Eagle numbers will help the matter. As someone
else
> >on Tweeters said, it's ultimately more and more human beings and less and
> >less habitat for the wildlife that is the problem. That's what we have to
> >control, and as you probably know, that's impossible, too. THe minute you
> >stand up and say "enough, no more development, no more people moving in,
no
> >more logging, no more building, no more etc etc etc" you get into a
> >hailstorm
> >of controversy. Ultimately the bulldozer and the deep pocketed
"developer"
> >wins out, every single time.
> >Michelle
>
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