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>You may well be right Eric.  Perhaps the desolate wasteland  I described 
>as an ideal ORV area seemed ideally desolate because we have already gone in 
>and ****ed it up with cattle, etc.  I didn't really think of that.
>
>I am aware of the Soda Lake/Carrizo Plain area.  Rest assured that I don't 
>support ORV's being anywhere close to those areas.
>
>I'm not sure what the answer is but I think there must be some place that 
>would be acceptable to both sides.  I would love to see the day when all 
>people treat their environment with the respect it deserves.  I am, however, 
>not holding my breath.  However unpopular this may be, I think that 
>environmentalists need to choose their battles carefully.  If there is room 
>for compromise on one issue then compromise may be the wise choice.  I feel 
>that puts you in a better position to hold your ground on an issue where you 
>feel there can be no compromise.  I don't consider this an appeasement of the 
>"other side" but rather part of the democratic process.

The problem with compromising is that the most important party (wildlife)
isn't even at the table. The compromise is between two groups of humans,
neither of which has a strong claim to the land, especially in relation to
wildlife. It is like the British & French fighting over North America when
native Americans still prospered.