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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
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Conservation groups are proposing a summit in Denver in the fall in an attempt to find the common interests between conservative hunters and fisherman and groups such as the Sierra Club, according to The Denver Post. From the article:
Activists anxious over various issues vital to the state's fish and game have proposed a Wildlife Conservation Summit, perhaps in early autumn when all the Democratic dust has washed out of Denver. The notion is to collect numerous groups and influential individuals under an umbrella of common concerns. Such a gathering might reflect what has become a profound, recent trend in outdoor circles - a serious dialogue among traditional sportsmen and hard-core environmentalists.
This connect has been a long time coming, in part from intransigence on both sides, but mostly through a diabolical effort by special interests that continue to profit by keeping them apart. For those who despoil the public's lands and waters, it has been a remarkably effective strategy: Make environmentalism a dirty word. Armed with lots of campaign money, they've isolated the enviros while bamboozling sportsmen, typically a conservative lot unwilling to act, or even think, contrary to party dictates. Thus deceived and divided, we've watched big-money interests steal our water and rape our land. Now, finally, enviros and sportsmen have come to realize that, despite certain voting preferences and the way we part our hair, there are overwhelming reasons to clasp hands. We increasingly find mainstream environmentalists joining wildlife action organizations such as Trout Unlimited and Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation in rushing to the aid of local action groups when the inevitable brush fires explode.
"2008 pres"
7:13:53 PM
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