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I realize that this is an important conversation and that = self-reflection on our impact to the natural world is critical to its = continuation. However, I'm glad these folks are out there with cameras = and not ATV's, rifles, or in the case of wetland and prairie = environments, government funded tiling equipment. In the end it is not = the photographers that will undo the bird populations of our world. In = the same time it takes to write a short essay about photographers, we = can write a short essay to the people who represent us in our government = to stop the loss of habitat, inhibit widespread ATV use in our forests = and amend the policies that degrade not just the environment of every = bird we stop to look at and take a picture of, but our own. I'll let you = now when I have my essay to my legislators done. Janet Timmerman=20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C5258C.C71A2758 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1491" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=3D140094116-10032005><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I = realize that this=20 is an important conversation and that self-reflection on our impact to = the=20 natural world is critical to its continuation. However, I'm glad these = folks are=20 out there with cameras and not ATV's, rifles, or in the case of wetland = and=20 prairie environments, government funded tiling equipment. In the end it = is not=20 the photographers that will undo the bird populations of our world. In = the same=20 time it takes to write a short essay about photographers, we can write a = short=20 essay to the people who represent us in our government to stop the loss = of=20 habitat, inhibit widespread ATV use in our forests and amend the = policies=20 that degrade not just the environment of every bird we stop to look at = and take=20 a picture of, but our own. I'll let you now when I have my essay to my=20 legislators done.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D140094116-10032005><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Janet=20 Timmerman</FONT> </SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------_=_NextPart_001_01C5258C.C71A2758--