Dear HCN, Tom Sheridan says “paralysis’ brought about by lawsuits to enforce the Endangered Species Act will result in the fragmentation and subdivision of every grassland valley in the state of Arizona (HCN, 6/8/98). It seems much more likely to me, but I could be wrong, that if enforcement of the Endangered Species Act results […]
Jerry D. Orr
Posted inSeptember 14, 1998: We are shaped by the sound of wind, the slant of sunlight
Leave wilderness out of your climbing plans
Leave wilderness out of your climbing plans Dear HCN, I, for one, and I suspect there are others, applaud the Forest Service’s ban on fixed anchors. Wilderness areas are not to be permanently marred by man – regardless of how insignificant the marring is (HCN, 8/17/98). We don’t allow motorized vehicles, bicycles or hang-gliders in […]