The Tenuous Connection Between Wilderness, Recreation, and Rural Economic Growth

Deep down inside, you have to wonder if environmentalists experience any level of self-loathing when their actions decimate rural economies, kill the livelihoods of millions of workers, and destroy the creation of wealth.  I suspect most of them are so blindly committed to their cause, that they don’t think too much about this, but if they do experience any level of self-loathing that would explain why they are always trying to share studies that vindicate the havoc they wreak by claiming that recreation and tourism replace the economic activity that they destroy. Any time you hear an environmentalist start to justify their sociopathic behavior by touting the economic benefits of wilderness, recreation, and tourism, you need to remember that they can’t be trusted. For example, in California, Local officials are warning that federal action to save toads, frogs will jeopardize recreation...more

Westerners, especially those in Utah, should check out The Petroglyph:  Setting the record straight on wilderness, environmental, rural, and recreation focused news in the West, and more specifically in Utah.

While there, be sure and read Michael Brune and The Sierra Club’s “Our Wild America” Hypocrisy Tour