In 2005, I wrote my “I Have a Dream” article about the time
when various user and conservation groups might find a way to work together to
manage public lands.
2005 I Have a Dream Article by Amadorhttp://www.off-road.com/atv/voice/i-have-a-dream-47747.html
After reading Peter Kareiva’s “New Environmentalism” article, I feel that we may be a bit closer to that
reality. Kareiva is a chief scientist at
The Nature Conservancy.
Peter Kareiva’s Essay on New Environmentalism
http://breakthroughjournal.org/content/authors/peter-kareiva-robert-lalasz-an-1/conservation-in-the-anthropoce.shtml
E&E News Article on Kareiva’s Essay – A long read but
worth it
http://www.eenews.net/public/Greenwire/2012/04/03/1
As somebody who worked in the timber industry back in the
1970s, I appreciated where – at the end of the article – Kareiva extended a
literary hand of friendship to “loggers.”
Maybe one day, that hand will be extended to the OHV community as well. In some places, I think it already
has.
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Yesterday Wildlands CPR and Save the Riders Dunes up here in Oregon met with the USFS to find ways to start working together to remove non-native plant species. Namely the european beachgrass, scotchbroom and shore pine. the Oregon Dunes are dying as the beachgrass is chocking out free flowing sand. All stake holders lose when there is no more sand. this was the first meeting and we are getting organized to work together now and more to follow.
ReplyDeleteI am finding similarly freindly voices with some of our local enviros when it comes to OHV use.
ReplyDeleteNot so fast. Many environmental groups disagree with Kareiva. For example, one of the most common litigators and appellants - Center for Biological Diversity - http://ncfp.wordpress.com/2012/04/06/conservation-in-the-real-world-suckling-responsed-to-kareiva/
ReplyDeleteOne step forward, two steps back?
What's with the weird super hero costume? You look like my five year old son.
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