Dear HCN,


Regarding the article about habitat protection taking a hit under the Bush administration (HCN, 4/15/02: Habitat protection takes a critical hit), may I say about the Sierra Club’s Bill Arthur quote: It takes one to know one.


It was the Clinton administration that waited for environmentalists to file lawsuits and then settled the cases “rather than defend the regulations … ‘It’s easier to cut a quiet deal in the courtroom.’ ” (said Mr. Arthur).


The Sierra Club and other environmentalist groups certainly set an easy pattern for others to follow.


Maxine Keesling
Woodinville, Washington

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It takes one to know one

by Maxine Keesling, High Country News
May 13, 2002

<h1>It takes one to know one</h1> <p class="byline">by Maxine Keesling, High Country News <br />May 13, 2002</p> <p>Dear HCN,</p> <p>Regarding the article<br /> about habitat protection taking a hit under the Bush administration<br /> (HCN, 4/15/02: Habitat protection takes a critical hit), may I say<br /> about the Sierra Club’s Bill Arthur quote: It takes one to know<br /> one.</p> <p>It was the Clinton administration that<br /> waited for environmentalists to file lawsuits and then settled the<br /> cases “rather than defend the regulations … ‘It’s easier to cut a<br /> quiet deal in the courtroom.’ ” (said Mr.<br /> Arthur).</p> <p>The Sierra Club and other<br /> environmentalist groups certainly set an easy pattern for others to<br /> follow.</p> <p><b>Maxine<br /> Keesling</b><br />Woodinville,<br /> Washington</p> <div class="wp-block-group hcn-print-edition-box"> <p>This article appeared in the <a href="/?p=188708">print edition of the magazine</a> with the headline <span class="hcn-magtitle">It takes one to know one</span>.</p> </p></div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/issue-226/it-takes-one-to-know-one/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info Country News&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.hcn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;quality=100&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=108354&amp;amp;ga4=G-0NS3WVPPTN&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/issue-226/it-takes-one-to-know-one/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/hcn.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> Copy to Clipboard

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