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Milquetost (milquetost@aol.com) wrote:
: Gee, Todd- My assumptions about your position was in response to your
: anti-environmental tone in your response to the question of More trails v
: Habitat.

Despite his choice of subject line, the issue Vandeman presented in his 
letter had nothing at all to do with more trails.  One of my subsequent 
posts did touch on that issue however.  I pointed out that segregated 
trails would necessitate building more trails (read: more barren scars 
across the land) if such a policy is to be respected and cooperatively 
obeyed by the trail users subject to segregation.  Too, I pointed out 
that, contrary to Vandeman's understanding, there are wild places that 
are officially off-limits to humans for the benefit of wildlife right 
here in California.  What exactly is anti-environmental about these 
positions?

: In addition, some might find your condoning statements about
: clearcutting of forests (" ..clearcutting prevents forest fires..") as an
: attempt to get such inflammatory responses as mine.  

It seems that you misread the final line in the signature file I appended 
to one of my posts.  The actual quote read, "Smokey says, `clear cutting 
prevents forest fires."  I used that sig file about a week after the USFS 
(Smokey) announced that it was again turning chainsaws loose in the Tahoe 
National Forest because it was claimed that doing so was necessary to 
reduce fire risks to nearby buildings.  I'm sorry to learn that my joke 
went over your head.

: Please take the time to be intelligent while writing in this forum if you
: wish to be treated intelligently.

I belive I have.  You, however, have yet to explain how you came to the 
erroneous conclusion that I was uneducated in matters of ecology, or what 
it was that I wrote that led you to believe I was opposed to 
environmental protection (your misinterpretation of the Smokey quote 
notwithstanding.)

:  Environmental issues and trail access
: issues are personal to me because I see people taking sides which create a
: gap which is not needed if we are to have both environmental  protection
: for critical habitat and a place to re-create ourselves (a.k.a.
: recreation).

I am not sure that understand your point; please explain.