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  • Working Wilderness and Other Code Words

    Ralph Maughan

    George Wuerthner has a good piece how metaphors affect the way we perceive our natural resources. Working Wilderness and Other Code Words. New West. By George Wuerthner. In fact my use of the term “natural resources” implies a point of view, namely that elements of the natural world exist just for our use and have…

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‎”At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour.”

Edward Abbey

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

“Our forests offer much more than just beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Each one has a different story to tell.”

Raveena Tandon

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