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In article <34ma9t$8b4@nkosi.well.com>, dbdoty@well.sf.ca.us (David B. Doty
-  Just Intonation Network) wrote:

I am not a big user of the desert; although I do have friends that are.  I
listen to their complanints of shrinking access.  I am open minded and
believe in conservation.  People who know me know that.  I would be careful
about labling myself as an enviromentalist.  I used to but some of those
people gave that movement a bad name.  I have flown over the desert and
have visited and camped out in the desert.  It is vast and empty (compared
to other eco-systems).  I have a tough time with understanding how it can
be harmed.  The climate is harsh, survival is difficult.  The plants and
animals there are extremely tough.  They have to be.  I have been on jeep
runs and motorcycle trips and with the next storm any evidence of their
presence is gone.  No damage.  This does not include strip mining.  Some
areas do need protection.  Ancient paintings, burinal grounds and the like.
 Maybe even some wild life habitats for turtles.  But snakes, rabbits and
flies hardly do.  To try to section off large areas will meet with strong
opposition that may delay or maybe even stop protection for the few areas
that really need it.