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- From: sdk@cci632.cci.com (Stephen Knight)
- Subject: Re: The Nature Conservancy
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.144840.13778@cci632.cci.com>
- Organization: [Computer Consoles, Inc., Rochester, NY
- References: <8fLT96u00WB68KYGwZ@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 14:48:40 GMT
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- In article <8fLT96u00WB68KYGwZ@andrew.cmu.edu> "John B. Randolph" <jr4h+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
- [ personal preference deleted ]
-
- >Another potential problem is - what guarantee is there that this land will
- >never be sold to some corporation? Can an organization change their
- >by-laws if it suits them in the future? Will this land become the
- >exclusive stammping ground for wealthy businessmen on the weekends?
- >It seems to me that if all this land is purchased that it could be
- >donated to the US Park Service under the condition that it is a designated
- >wilderness - no roads, logging, mining etc. Yet the Conservancy doesn't.
- >As I said - I don't know whether there is *any* truth to this, but I
- >inherently suspect any wealthy institution that seems too good to be true.
- >Food for thought, at least.
-
- Why this touching faith in the US Park Service/Govt? The fact is that once
- Congress passes a law ordering the USPS to <fill-in-your-favorite-horror-
- story-here>, they can do anything they want with your "designated wilderness".
- Consider the attempts to get oil out of Alaska's "wilderness" areas
- (designated by law). Our Government seems more likely to change their by-laws
- than other groups (catch some of the discussions on the Drug War and its
- effects on the BillOfRights).
- I think that the Conservancy is doing the correct thing by _not_ giving
- the land to the gov't (considering its record with "valuable" property), and
- places the protected areas in no more danger than if they had donated it to
- the gov't.
-
- steve knight
- sdk@cci.com
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