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To: brian krause who wrote (1407)	10/21/1998 8:52:00 PM
From: bill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2251

Not sure what you mean by "How about clearing millions of acres on the prairies." If it's the true prairies, then there is nothing to clear. I drive from the West Coast to Manitoba twice a year and you could "clear" anything within sight with one chain saw a gallon of gas. As to poplar forest, tamarack, etc.in the north and on the Shield, if I remember correctly, the Alberta govt. was all for turning every tree in the province into chopsticks in some hairbrained scheme. The locals were all for it. They were all going to get factory jobs producing chopsticks. The environmental outrage didn't come locally. In Manitoba, it isn't blocking the cariboo that's a problem but the fact that mega swine raising farms are depositing vast amounts of pig manure onto land that has a hard clay base. Except for one or two rather weak protests nobody is saying anything even though their water supply is in serious danger. My point simply was that a. environmental protests have a much greater chance of having an impact when they are supported locally b. environmentalists are no longer seen simply as idealists selflessly pursuing the good of the community. Some groups tread very close to the people who strenuously support things like recycling programs without revealing that they have political connections that would mean they'd get the contract for providing the plastic recycling boxes. Also,the local split between the natives and the environmentalists grows larger. That division was always ignored or covered over when both had a common enemy. Now that the natives are opting for jobs and resource exploitation the romantic illusion fostered by "some", not all, some environmental groups, is being shattered. What is happening regarding Diavik is just one such situation. It's happening over timber rights and whaling as well.