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Re: Little Darby Wildlife Refuge

Howdy

I was shocked when I read in my Nature Conservancy magazine that the US 
government and TNC, among others) were getting involved in the Little Darby 
project.  In my not so humble opinion they have a good reason to be scared 
of the federal government.  The feds do not have a good record of 
cooperation, they are more comfortable with dictating.

I was at the Ohio prairie conference and I heard some of the same arguments 
that I hear now.  People don't understand what the farmers are so upset 
about, or dismiss their arguments as hogwash.  This is terrible, and almost 
guarantees that the project will fail.

The last thing we should be doing is putting family farms out of 
business.  What guarantee do the farmers have that this will not 
happen?  As an environmentalist I always look for proof the land is really 
protected, why should we expect less from a farmer who makes his living off 
the land?  If the land is so important can we guarantee that the farmer can 
still make a living, even if its not from farming?


- Mark Stephens (markws@one.net)
- Fairfield, OH (sw, zone 5)
- BWH #25845
- http://backyardforest.org
- http://gilmore.pond.org



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