Dear HCN,
Just a short comment on
Susan Tixier’s letter (HCN, 8/28/00: Wilderness needs strong
advocates). It’s deceptively easy to airily dismiss the entire body
politic from the wilderness debate by saying, “It’s about the land,
not the people.” Many Utah activists have embraced this view, with
the predictable result that no new wilderness areas have been
designated here for more than 15 years.
Maybe
it’s time to pursue some constructive compromises rather than
continue clinging to the “maximum acres’
mantra.
Richard M.
Warnick
Salt Lake City,
Utah
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