"If you work in conservation in any capacity, you know it’s possible for people of different beliefs, opinions, and backgrounds to unite on behalf of the places they love and depend on."
When I volunteer on trail crew but especially when I do volunteer weekends replacing barbed wire fencing with pronghorn-friendly fencing, it’s with a constant and deep feeling of engaging in repair, and I’m grateful to be able to do it. And it’s true, many of the people I spend those weeks or weekends with are not like-minded in a lot of ways. But there we all are, out there repairing.
Dams are like politicians—good and bad. Timing is the key. Congrats on freeing the salmon. Here in the East, dams in Appalachia augment local economies with controlled flow that benefit rafting schedules…but with the rise of video game and cellphone culture, adventure experiences are on the wane … you win when you fight the real enemy…who or what is the real enemy to fight is the question…
"If you work in conservation in any capacity, you know it’s possible for people of different beliefs, opinions, and backgrounds to unite on behalf of the places they love and depend on."
So true, and so needed.
When I volunteer on trail crew but especially when I do volunteer weekends replacing barbed wire fencing with pronghorn-friendly fencing, it’s with a constant and deep feeling of engaging in repair, and I’m grateful to be able to do it. And it’s true, many of the people I spend those weeks or weekends with are not like-minded in a lot of ways. But there we all are, out there repairing.
Dams are like politicians—good and bad. Timing is the key. Congrats on freeing the salmon. Here in the East, dams in Appalachia augment local economies with controlled flow that benefit rafting schedules…but with the rise of video game and cellphone culture, adventure experiences are on the wane … you win when you fight the real enemy…who or what is the real enemy to fight is the question…