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  • A Proposal To Create A Civilization Area System

    George Wuerthner

      Our current means of protecting wildlands is to set a boundary around the area. Humans do not create wilderness with survey lines. Any more than we create blue skies with a weather report. We can only recognize and sanction what already exists. San Francisco may well be one of the more beautiful settings for…

  • Bad year for Florida Panther deaths

    Ralph Maughan

    2012 was a record year for Florida panther deaths- Twenty-six of the rare Florida panther were killed this year, a record, though one that should be set in perspective — the state’s population is 100-160 today compared to only 20-25 back in 1995 when eight female Texas pumas were imported to bolster the population of  native…

  • The kind of “wildlife” that does need to be trapped and eliminated

    Ralph Maughan

    Huge Gambian rats trapped in Florida Keys. The kind of animals that do need to be eliminated- Given the huge controversy over trapping our native wildlife, there are many animals that need to be trapped, shot, fished out, etc.,  and it largely is not native wildlife.  Here is one example from one of the most…

  • Pythons in Florida Stalked by Hunters and Tourists Alike

    Ralph Maughan

    Burmese pythons, an exotic invasive snake, is raising a ruckus in the Everglades- Pythons are just one of many exotics, mostly released pets, that are destroying the Everglades’ orginal ecosystem, but oddly, making it a weird and interesting place. Pythons in Florida Stalked by Hunters and Tourists Alike. By Damien Cave. New York Times.

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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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