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Re:Environmentalist didn't speak for 17 years to learn how t... by devereaux on Thursday May 02, 2019 @01:32PM (#19810315)
> many people negatively affected by these laws feel strongly against them

I wonder why?

> Spotted owl numbers are continuing to decline

Meanwhile, the logging industry remains dead.

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Re:Environmentalist didn't speak for 17 years to learn how t... by wahern on Thursday May 02, 2019 @05:10PM (#19812973)
> Meanwhile, the logging industry remains dead.

Hardly. Logging is a huge industry up-and-down the west coast, just like it is in the southeast. It's just not a free-for-all.

Commercial fishing underwent the same process, but nobody is saying commercial fishing is dead. There's still resentment. The labor market shrank. But AFAICT the fishing industry isn't in denial about the fact that regulation, including quotas, was needed. Especially after some of the fisheries bounced back.

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