HUNTERS & CONSERVATIONISTS REBEL AT LATEST BUSH MOVE TO SELL THE ENVIRONMENT TO HIS ENERGY CRONIES

In what has been classified as a part of the top 1% of wildlife habitat in the United States, the Rocky Mountain Front; THE BUSH THE LESSER administration has proposed opening this large tract of land up for the drilling of gas and oil for his large energy campaign contributors.

Grizzly and brown bears, the country's second largest herd of elk, mule deer, white tailed deer, wolves, mountain goats, the country's largest herd of bighorn sheep, bobcats, lynx, wolverines and coyotes all move along The Front at various times of the year.

The Front is one of the most successful conservation stories in America. Since 1913 when the first private game reserve was established hunting and conservation groups have worked together to protect the animals that remain on this large migratory area as a habitat for wildlife...and now BUSH THE LESSER is selling it to his campaign contributors. With THE LESSER it ain't a democracy it is an auction...and our heritage and the health of our children are being sold by Republican environmental loosening of the rules and regulations (all in the name of less government...the Republi CON) at every turn.

While THE LESSER and the energy industry claim little damage will be done, the record here is dismal. According to the Montana Wildlife Federation, an umbrella group for 25 hunting clubs in this state, the environmental damage done by gas drilling in northern Wyoming, as well as to large scale gas drilling in Canada on a stretch of land similar to the Front has been substantial.

Large groups of western hunters have finally come to realize what a disaster THE BUSH THE LESSER administration is to a way of life they hold deer and are indicating in large numbers they will not support THE LESSER come November even though they have always voted Republican in the past.

The reality is that hunters have always been the first environmentalists, steward of the land and its wildlife. So the question arises how any real hunter who cares about sustaining for himself and his children the heritage of the outdoors wilderness can continue to support Republicans? The words and wisdom of Alden Whitman: OUR IDEALS, LAWS AND CUSTOMS SHOULD BE BASED ON THE PROPOSITION THAT EACH GENERATION IN TURN BECOMES THE CUSTODIAN RATHER THAN THE ABSOLUTE OWNER OF OUR RESOURCES--AND EACH GENERATION HAS THE OBLIGATION TO PASS THIS INHERITANCE ON TO THE FUTURE.