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Epitope
Nov 27, 2006

Grimey Drawer
Conservationist not conservative, though maybe we could confuse trump and trick him into helping?

We're a rag tag bunch anyway, so wouldn't be that odd really.
-The tree huggers. Hippie obstructionists.
-The sportsmen. Stetson wearing trophie hunters.
-The capitalists. Comodifying wildlife and mountain tops. For example patagonia trying to be spokesman for the bear ears fight.
-The soccer moms. Save the wales! Cute fuzzies! :3 :(
-The natives. Despite your belief that it was a past event, colonial encroachment is still going on and Capital is still corrupting.
-etc.

The opposition
The drill-baby-drills love to fein outrage at the obstructionist's hypocracy: Driving a car to the pipeline protest? That's a fail. We need to extract more so that the third world can enjoy modernity too. *guzzles

The reason
Human rights. DBD claims this too. We have to let others burn down the forest to farm.
Climate change, genetic and behavioral library, harmonizing with the spirit. This isn't just about keeping parks for primium selfie backdrops. Biodiversity and cultural diversity are insurance against catastrophy. Being excellent to one another is god's will.

The means
Sierra club, government, private land trusts. Earth Liberation Front. Internet forums?

What's your angle?

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Nov 27, 2006

Grimey Drawer
I just donated to Trout Unlimited. http://www.tu.org Teaming up with sportsmen against mineral development. Is this hypocritical since I used a computer device made out of mined minerals to do so? Probably! Who cares! Honor is reserved for dealing with other humans, not for the cold machinations of money.

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Nov 27, 2006

Grimey Drawer
Many thanks for the excellent posts. Good to hear about non US efforts.

For the US folks- We've only got a few days left to submit a public comment related to bears ears, deadline is May 26th. The other national monuments we have until July 10th

https://www.federalregister.gov/doc...-public-comment

Epitope
Nov 27, 2006

Grimey Drawer
Bless you, Bear 148

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