Dear HCN,
I enjoy your paper most
of the time, but Ed Marston’s essay, “Rearranging the Grid,” struck
an especially deep chord (HCN,
1/29/01: Rearranging the Grid). As his long, persistent
efforts on the DMEA board have taught him, it may be in the
trenches at the heart of our Western civilization that the battle
for the environment will ultimately be
won.
School boards, county commissioners,
electric co-ops, livestock associations; these are the type of
organizations that are run by and for the everyday people of the
West. And the everyday people will shape the future, just as they
have carved the landscapes of the past.
Fighting
developments that threaten to destroy a natural resource is
unavoidable, but weaving environmental values into the fabric of
society is the best hope for building a civilization that co-exists
with nature. I hope you stick with the night job,
Ed.
Tony
Prendergast
Crawford, Colorado
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Working in the trenches.
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