by Howard Hutchinson
Alston Chase’s book “Playing God in Yellowstone” describes
how easily science can be subverted by politics and ideology and that so called
environmentalists are at the top of the list of contributors to the destruction
of the park. Biocentrism has become the
religion of these organizations that promote preservation over use. The subversion has infiltrated the ranks of
the land management agencies.
Mr. Chase’s second book on the subject “In a Dark Wood”
attributes the decline of proper management of our National Forests to
political correct advancement of personnel over education and experience in
resource management. Added to this was
the advent of conservation biology’s movement into college curriculum. As the old guard foresters left the service
the new ecologists took their place.
One of the creators of conservation biology was Reed
Noss. Dr. Noss teamed up with Earth
First founder Dave Forman to develop the Wild Lands Project. The project was designed to turn 50% of
America into wilderness core area surrounded by buffer zones interspersed with
“islands of human occupation.”
It is no coincidence that the Global Biodiversity Assessment
(Assessment, the implementing document for the UN Convention on Biological
Diversity (Treaty), uses the Wildlands Project as an example of how the whole
planet needs to be managed. The funding
organizations for the project were the Nature Conservancy and Audubon Society. Agenda 21 is the guide developed for
implementing the Treaty and it is designed to regulate every aspect of your
life. The Nature Conservancy, Audubon
Society, Sierra Club, World Wildlife Fund along with other non-governmental
environmental organizations provided the primary input into the development of
the Assessment.
These organizations pushed for the adoption of the
Biodiversity Treaty. It was signed by
President Clinton in 1993 but failed ratification by the Senate. The treaty was thwarted by Henry Lamb, Tom
McDonald and Dr. Michael Coffman in the last twenty-four hours before the
vote. Not to be denied the treaty was
implemented through Clinton’s Executive Order
No. 12852 creating the President’s Council on Sustainable Development
(Council).
The Council created “Towards a Sustainable America:
Advancing Prosperity, Opportunity, and a Healthy Environment for the 21st
Century” in May, 1999 (Report). Another
Executive Order by President Clinton commands all federal agencies to take the
necessary actions to implement the Report’s recommendations and placed the EPA
in charge of that implementation.
The federal land management agencies were already well on
their way to failure in land and resource management by the time the onslaught
of the new religion infiltrated their ranks.
With marching orders in place from the president and ideological fervor
they have moved to clear humans from the federal lands in the west and the
rural private lands of the east.
Sustainable development is their battle cry and people, cities and
counties lie devastated in the wake of their passing.
All of these facts are easily available on-line to those who
wish to learn. Without understanding the
source of the problem one will not be able to remedy it. Do yourself and the nation a favor and begin
connecting the dots to the sources of the problems.
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