MAN vs NATURE
"Here goes lumber from the Maine woods ... pine,
spruce, cedar, - first, second, third, and fourth
qualities, so lately all of one quality, to wave over
the bear, and moose, and caribou..."
Washington, DC (March, 2010) In a decision long anticipated by
sportsmen and conservationists alike, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service announced that the greater sage grouse will be designated a
candidate species for listing under the Endangered Species Act.
- Henry David Thoreau, 1845.
“The loss of native shrub-steppe rangelands means the loss
of wildlife populations; unstable watersheds and degraded
water quality; reduced livestock grazing; and more costly fire
fighting. If measures are not taken to reverse the downward
trend in sage-grouse populations, which are now near the
threshold of being listed as an endangered or threatened
species, they will continue to decline, as will other shrubsteppe obligate species.”
MAN vs NATURE
" Unless we practice conservation, those who
come after us will have to pay the price of misery,
degradation, and failure for the progress and
prosperity of our day”
- Gifford Pinchot
Emergency Federal listing of the Columbia Basin distinct
population segment of the Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit
(Brachylagus idahoensis) occurred in 2001. The
population subsequently appears to have been extirpated
from the wild by 2004 and there are no known pygmy
rabbits remaining in the wild in Washington at this time.
“Shrub-steppe is grassland that has a conspicuous brush layer, normally sagebrush.
There's a whole suite of species that evolved in shrub-steppe and depend on it, sage
grouse, sharp-tail grouse, pygmy rabbit, burrowing owl, jackrabbit and several
species of song birds. Some of these are threatened or endangered, or candidates
for it.“
- Don Larsen, wildlife biologist for the Lands Division of Fish and Wildlife
MAN vs NATURE
"Only after the last tree has been cut down.
Only after the last river has been poisoned.
Only after the last fish has been caught.
Only then will you find that money cannot be
eaten.“
-Native Cree Prophecy
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS) has a new initiative for
eligible producers to receive up to three years of payments
for retaining sage-grouse habitat In addition, practices to
improve sage-grouse habitat may be applied with funding
through the federal Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program
(WHIP), which typically pays up to 75 percent of the costs.
MAN vs NATURE
“The loss of native shrub-steppe rangelands means the loss
of wildlife populations; unstable watersheds and degraded
water quality; reduced livestock grazing; and more costly fire
fighting. If measures are not taken to reverse the downward
trend in sage-grouse populations, which are now near the
threshold of being listed as an endangered or threatened
species, they will continue to decline, as will other shrubsteppe obligate species.”
" All across the world, in every kind of
environment and region known to man,
increasingly dangerous weather patterns
and devastating storms are abruptly putting
an end to the long-running debate over
whether or not climate change is real. Not
only is it real, it's here, and its effects are
giving rise to a frighteningly new global
phenomenon: the man-made natural
disaster”
-Barack Obama
Replace your ordinary light bulbs
with Compact Fluorescent Bulbs
(CFL Bulbs) and turn them off when
you leave the room
Don't let your sink drip or keep
running when you brush your teeth
and take shorter showers
Turn off the TV and computer in your
house when not in use
Plant trees in your community
MAN vs NATURE
Recycle your family's
paper,plastic,aluminum,and glass
each week
Make sure your car tires are fully
inflated
Use reusable tote bags instead of
plastic bags
Unplug household appliances when
not in use
Use e-mail rather then regular mail
Buy rechargeable batteries
reduce your impact by walking ,
biking or carpooling to work and
school
Use energy star appliances and use
the sun to dry your clothes
Go solar
Leave the thermostat alone and dress
appropriately
MAN vs NATURE
Teach your children
what we have taught our children,
that the earth is our mother.
Whatever befalls the earth
befalls the sons and daughters of the earth. If men
spit upon the ground,
they spit upon themselves.
This we know.
The earth does not belong to us;
We belong to the earth.
This we know.
All things are connected like the blood which
unites one family.
All things are connected.
Whatever befalls the earth
befalls the sons and daughters of the earth.
We did not weave the web of life;
we are merely a strand in it.
Whatever we do to the web,
we do to ourselves.
-Chief Seattle