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In article <1992Jul11.224426.2523@megatek.uucp> cjp@megatek.uucp (Chris "Systems Stud" Pikus) writes:
>From article <4830@gold.gvg.tek.com>,
>	mikea@zorba.gvg.tek.com (Michael P. Anderson) writes:
>> I can personally attest to the need for this legislation. I just returned
>> from a vacation in northern Idaho, and travelled the eastern border of
>> Oregon and along the Snake and Salmon rivers in western Idaho.
>
>> 					 The cutting is in a state of
>> high frenzy right now, probably because a lot of private owners are
>						  ^^^^^^^^^
>> trying to cut before they're told they have to stop.
>> 
>> 								MPA
>
>	If these land owners want to cut down their trees, it's their business.
>
>	If I owned land that was going to become "worthless" because of some gov-
>ernment regualtory fiat, I would be cutting them down as fast as possible too.
>
>	If you have a problem with that, why don't YOU buy the land? Then you 
>can do (or not do) anything you want with it.
>
>
>-- 
>Christopher J. Pikus,        | [The NEA is...] "...that upholstered play-
>Megatek Corp., San Diego, CA | pen of the arts and crafts auxialliary of
>INTERNET: cjp@megatek.com    | the Eastern Liberal Establishment."
>UUCP: uunet!megatek!cjp      |				 - Pat Buchanan

Here is exactly the type of mentality that we are up against.  We have to stop
thinking in terms of "I owe it, I control it, I will do with it as I please".
I would ask Mr. Pikus, that if I purchased land next to his home, and was allow
to use it as a toxic waste site, or nuclear dumping ground, or maybe a land fill
Would he simply say, "You own it, that's OK".

Mr. Pikus I would say simply "Please stop thinking shelfishly", we can't go on
just pinning everything on the "I own it" phrase.  As you may know many if not
all cities and towns have regulations as to how you may build your home on your
own land, and it is good that they do, otherwise we would have all types of 
intrusive building going on.

The old growth forest should be saved, we don't need it for lumber.  This is one of
last natural settings that we can hold on to in the US. If you haven't been there
and seen these areas and enjoyed them, then maybe you should plan a trip to see
the last of the redwood forest.


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