Cleo and Tweeters,

>From the subject line I assumed it was bad news, but the body made it sound
like you thought it was a good thing. I presume you were being facetious
and that the subject line indicated your true feelings.

Maybe it's time for a campaign to write and lobby the wildlife commission,
the governor and our state reps to eliminate all fees to access parks and
other public lands. They could put the taxes on activities that HARM the
environment such as destruction of wildlife habitat for "development" (or
should it be called devastation?) and on products that harm the environment
such as pesticides among many others. Maybe we could tax excessive incomes
that lead to excessive consumption - one of our most destructive activities.

Do the Wildlife Commission and the rest of our state officials think that
people with little or no disposable income should be fined for getting out
of their car to look at a plant or animal on public land if that car didn't
have a $30 decal on it?

Stewart Wechsler
Seattle
mailto:ecostewart at quidnunc.net

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From: TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu
[mailto:TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu]On Behalf Of Cleo Andreasen
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 10:46 PM
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: Santa Clause out the window.


Merry Christmas Tweets!
Don't know how many of you are aware of this but tonight in the
Anacortes American Newspaper, there is a column by Denny Church on local
wildlife. He stated that the Wildlife Commission approved of a new
"Watchable Wildlife" decal program so wildlife viewers can share equally
in the cost of managing state's fish and wildlife resources.
The new decal will allow access to all WDFW lands and will come with a
vehicle use permit and wildlife viewing education material. (The bears,
the bears, I want to see the bears!) The cost is expected to be $30/yr
and the program will go into effect April 1st, 2004. State Parks permit
is $50.Which is the better value?
Wildlife viewers, the largest segment of the outdoor recreation
community currently pay $10 per year for vehicle use permit. A $30
annual fee will bring their share of the financial burden more in line
with fees paid by hunters.
Pick up a "Migratory Waterfowl and Upland Game Seasons" pamphlet where
they sell hunting license. Some very interesting info in there. Did you
know you can hunt crow from October 2003-Jan 31, 2004 and no limit??

Cheers !

Cleo Andreasen
Anacortes, WA
cleoand at fidalgo.net

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