Recent content by Justabirdwatcher
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West coast salmon recovery
How do you know which is which, until you study both?- Justabirdwatcher
- Post #449
- Forum: Sportsmen Issues
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The purpose of our National Forests?
So you're Native American? And I think you overreacted to my comment. Maybe in an effort to dismiss it, I'm not sure, but my point stands. Anyone who is only interested in some of the things that wild lands provide, risks losing all the things. At times like these, hunters need all the...- Justabirdwatcher
- Post #33
- Forum: Public Land Issues
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The purpose of our National Forests?
That is certainly the wishful thinking spread far and wide by the outdoor writers and many state wildlife agencies. In some cases it's even true. But most non-game species (and even some game species) that are in the steepest decline depend on the same mature, wholly intact systems that the...- Justabirdwatcher
- Post #29
- Forum: Public Land Issues
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The purpose of our National Forests?
Heresy on a hunting forum, I know, but there is a lot more to a healthy ecological system than the abundance (or as some would prefer, overabundance) of big game. If sportsmen want to be seen as something more than just another self-serving group concerned with their own interests, they would...- Justabirdwatcher
- Post #24
- Forum: Public Land Issues
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The purpose of our National Forests?
Acts Schmacts. As if those mean anything anymore... Who exactly is going to enforce them now?- Justabirdwatcher
- Post #16
- Forum: Public Land Issues
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The purpose of our National Forests?
Love, love, love this post. Thank you so much for sharing. I've never seen this book but now I must own a copy.- Justabirdwatcher
- Post #10
- Forum: Public Land Issues
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FWFS - Federal Wildland Fire Service?
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Fiscal-Year-2026-Discretionary-Budget-Request.pdf Pg. 31. "Federal wildfire risk mitigation and suppression responsibilities currently are split across fiveagencies in two departments: the U.S. Forest Service in USDA and BIA, Bureau of...- Justabirdwatcher
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- Forum: Public Land Issues
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The purpose of our National Forests?
According to the proposed 2026 president's budget - "The President has pledged to manage national forests for their intended purpose of producing timber" Right there at the bottom of pg. 33 https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Fiscal-Year-2026-Discretionary-Budget-Request.pdf- Justabirdwatcher
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- Forum: Public Land Issues
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Federal Land Sales for Affordable Housing?
It won't be "to China." It will be to an "investment group"- Justabirdwatcher
- Post #184
- Forum: Public Land Issues
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Federal Land Sales for Affordable Housing?
I think some people here are underestimating the amount of money that exists in foreign countries, including those who would love to buy large chunks of what is still known as "America." It's been happening for a while now in the real estate markets. Anyone who can afford to pay Phil...- Justabirdwatcher
- Post #182
- Forum: Public Land Issues
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Federal Land Sales for Affordable Housing?
way to self-identify as a non-billionaire... LOL- Justabirdwatcher
- Post #153
- Forum: Public Land Issues
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Land management agency impact stories...
“At a time when the Trump administration is pushing federal workers out of their jobs, eliminating the FERS supplement would be an especially callous act,” https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/budget-package-called-a-mix-of-incentives-to-leave-disincentives-to-take-federal-employment/- Justabirdwatcher
- Post #395
- Forum: Public Land Issues
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Land management agency impact stories...
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/05/thousands-layoffs-hit-interior-national-parks-imminently/405145/- Justabirdwatcher
- Post #394
- Forum: Public Land Issues
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Land management agency impact stories...
I know you'll find this hard to believe, but it wasn't the independent that started the personal attacks on this thread. Now, do try to add something constructive to the conversation.- Justabirdwatcher
- Post #388
- Forum: Public Land Issues
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Land management agency impact stories...
I call out extremist positions on either side. And why any of it matters to you so much is the real question. This thread is about Land Mgt. impact stories, not how one person's opinion makes you feel.- Justabirdwatcher
- Post #386
- Forum: Public Land Issues
