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- From: kalafut@emunix.emich.edu (Gerald Allen Kalafut)
- Subject: Re: Libertarians & the environment
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.231909.3603@zip.eecs.umich.edu>
- Keywords: DUCKS!!
- Sender: news@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Mr. News)
- Organization: Eastern Miskatonic Looniversity
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- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 23:19:09 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul22.161517.26110@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com> berenson@cookie.enet.dec.com (Hal Berenson) writes:
- >groups right? But I won't even rely on such "charity". Ducks Unlimited
- >is one of the most well funded environmental groups out there and it
- >obtains its funding out of contributors' self-interest. In order to hunt
- >ducks there have to be ducks. For there to be a healthy duck population,
- >there have to be wetlands. Ducks Unlimited doesn't develop hunting
- >facilities, but bird hunters give it 10s (or is it 100s) of millions of
- >dollars per year so that waterfowl populations can be maintained/grown.
-
- Ducks Unlimited is pretty cool.
-
- I used to be a member back in my duck hunting days, but dropped my
- subscription when I stopped hunting. Thanks for reminding me about
- them. I was really young when I was a member so I wasn't aware of
- their wetland grabbing. I think I'm going to go resubscribe. :^)
-
- ( I just like feeding the ducks now...whee!! )
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