Date: 10/26/26 2:17 pm From: Chuq Von Rospach via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Protection Island Petition
On Oct 26, 2026 at 13:49:50, Jenny Easterberg via Tweeters <
<tweeters...> wrote:
> Agreed. No one group should have sole say in what happens to a place,
> recreation area, species, etc., and most certainly not when the public is
> excluded from engagement or commenting; that begins to tread on dangerous
> ground.
>
(#openingCanOWorms) The issue I have with this statement is that one group
DOES have sole say, and that’s the Federal Government, which in the last
few years has worked to gut environmental regulation, destroy the
endangered species act, open up sensitive lands in Alaska to drilling,
destroyed refuge acreage along the southern border for the wall, and that’s
just the start of it.
So that’s the group we should trust to be a good steward? Not suggesting
giving the tribes say in this is a perfect solution, but the current
situation is, to me, already rather dire.
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Chuq Von Rospach (http://www.chuq.me)
Silverdale, Washington
Birder, Nature and Wildlife Photographer
Vice President, Kitsap Audubon Society
