TM: I suspect you posted the above on the wrong thread, as this was the one about hatchery fish. No matter, your thoughts came through loud and clear.

Just so you can work with facts I want to tell you that per Bush administration estimates, all recoverable energy sources in the Front Range would provide the U.S. with approximately one percent of our annual energy use. In return for that one percent we will do irreparable harm to several endangered fish stocks as well as seriously degrade opportunities for trophy mule deer and elk. (The roadless areas account for the vast majority of trophy class deer and elk killed in Idaho each year.)

One major problem, in addition to massive amounts of water pollution is the blockage of migration routes. The largest remaining antelope migration in the U.S. passes though the area where intense drilling and exploration is occurring. This is particularly troublesome because the area is a choke point where natural barriers force the animals through an area about a mile wide. Now that choke point is scheduled for intense drilling activity.

Regarding your suggestion to send jobs overseas, you should be proud of this administration that are quite supportive of that.

I believe we can have a vibrant economy, a democracy and capitalism without destroying out fish and game habitat. So did the republican president who signed the environmental protections this administration is working so hard to tear down. I don’t think the problem is republicans – just the ultra conservatives like GW.
t.