I don't think anyone believes fish and trees lives are more important than peoples lives. Some of us may believe that our lives and future generations lives depend on a healthy environment that includes fish and trees. It's short term gain at the expense of a healthy environment that is objectionable. Don't you have children? Just look at one example, fishing. In my 48 years I have seen fishing in this state go from being able to catch salmon,steelhead, rockfish, lingcod ect. just about anytime I wanted to the sad situation it is now. In my opinion that is a big reduction in the quality of life. Our children deserve better than this. Personally,I would rather my children inherit a living planet than add a few more million dollars to CEO bank accounts.