They are at it again. The oil and gas mafia that owns at least half
of the Congress and got its way for eight years is back trying to destroy another
patch of great American hunting land.
Recall that between 2001 and 2007 the best pronghorn and mule deer
habitat in North America was turned into thousands of miles of dusty roads,
hundreds of gas wells and a seemingly endless column of pipelines. The people of the Powder River Basin in
Wyoming saw their peaceful lives and unique habitat ruined by anti-nature,
pro-drilling (“drill baby drill”) politics. Isn’t it strange how you never hear
from a certain crowd that claims to stand for “hunting rights” when their
political buddies are out annihilating precious hunting lands.
But if you care about the outdoors or if you’re a
hunter or nature person then hear this: Your lands are methodically being wiped
out by a gang of political gofers and their masters. I’m not talking politics
here; I’m talking about saving the land. Stand up to preserve it or you’re
going to lose it. It’s that simple. There
are people out there with limitless amounts of money who will spend
mega-millions to get you thinking their way.
They will distort facts. They
will contort your value systems in order to get you to do what they want. They will bombard you with propaganda. And
all the while—like the Wyoming Powder River Basin—the land is
being turned into moonscape.
Here’s a link to a Field & Stream story that
discusses another impending move to destroy hunting lands.
Here’s some history of what happened in the Powder
River Basin.
There are hundreds of articles detailing the
devastation that has occurred on Western Public Lands. The amount of empirical evidence describing
the impact on the land is daunting. Even so, there are people who refuse to
listen to reason, who become enraged when reality faces them squarely and who
are seemingly addicted to a particular media that spends its time indulging in misleading
propaganda. Many of you, I’m sure, are
perplexed that people could be so easily duped. And all the while, our lands
are being devastated. It’s time to take
a stand and save our lands!
