Subject: Birding Stamp
Date: Dec 26 02:27:03 2003
From: Guy Monty - poecile at hotmail.com


Greetings,
I thought that being a law abiding citizen of a free country, gave one a
voice? If one needs to pay to have a voice, then those who are poor will
have none.
Birders already have a voice, they are just too timid, lazy, or
pre-occupied with chasing new ticks, to get together and speak up. Hunters
have worked hard for their seat at the table. If you want yours, get your
community organized, and muscle in and take it.
Guy L. Monty
Parksville, BC
(Formerly a Washingtonian)


>From: SGMlod at aol.com
>Reply-To: SGMlod at aol.com
>To: Tweeters at u.washington.edu
>Subject: Birding Stamp
>Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 23:17:25 EST
>
>Greetings All
>
>How I wish we could find a way to have a birding stamp, like a duck stamp,
>that gave access to a fine array of areas (even if those were, initially,
>WMA
>and NWRs). So far, at many such places, we're the poor step child, with
>areas
>accessible to hunters that are not accessible to birders (hunting season or
>not).
>
>If we ponied up the money we should, then we'd have a heck of a lot more
>political say at such places. As the money mounted, more could be purchased
>-
>perhaps places with no hunting interest, but with significant birding
>interest.
>
>But if we stick our head in the sand, and whine when we have to pay, then
>we'll be out of the loop forever. Past attempts at some sort of birding
>stamp
>have failed. Just think, for the price of a couple tanks of gas, we might
>be able
>to increase access to those areas that exist and add to such areas in
>existence.
>
>Hopefully, an attempt at a state or national birding stamp will arise
>again.
>In the meantime, buying access to WMAs, especially in a way that it is
>clear
>we're not hunters, would give us some voice.
>
>Cheers
>Steven Mlodinow
>Everett WA 98208

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