The Accidental Conservationist
Welcome to "The Accidental Conservationist". I had been struggling trying to decide how to explain this site and why I set it up. I sell DVD's of Wyoming--the scenery, wildlife, some of the more humorous elements of the state, etc. Originally, I made the DVD's to share the beauty of Wyoming with others. I had hoped people would want to visit and preserve the beauty. However, I guess I failed to take into account the split-reasoning humans seem to prone to. Let me explain: "Fred" sees the DVD and decides Wyoming is so beautiful he wants to move there. He buys 20 acres of land, puts a concrete foundation over the prairie dog holes and rattlesnake dens, puts up a manufactured house and then paves over two more areas for a garage and a shop. He fences the land--limiting the movement of the antelope that he thought were so interesting. Antelope cannot easily jump fences. They are adapting, but their evolution can't keep up with the fencing capacity of humans, so "Fred" has taken the land on which the antelope live while claiming to find them interesting. It seems the antelope are interesting only if they don't get in "Fred's" way. If they do, they lose. Fred also brings his horses. Six of them, which worked fine in Ohio. Here, the horses eat the land down to bare dirt in a few months, and trample the sagebrush. Now, Fred has removed the antelope and mule deer food and, with any luck, has created a field of tumbling mustard (a weed nothing except goats seem to eat) and when the wind blows 30 to 40 mph, there is a dust and tumbling dried weed storm. The prairie dogs weren't terribly bothered by Fred's arrival and have continued to thrive in spite of the horses and less food. They are coming closer to Fred's house in search of the grass he planted and waters around the house. Fred can't tolerate the prairie dogs eating the grass his horses need. Not to mention the "dogs" carry plague and Fred's children play outdoors on the grass. Thus, the prairie dogs must be removed--probably through poisoning. Now, Fred has reduced the food supply for foxes, raptors, badgers, etc. And now Fred has effectively damaged "the beautiful state" he moved to and tried his best to turn it into the same place he left. I am not sure how any of this makes sense to "Fred" or anyone else. Humans move into areas and destroy the very things they said they loved there.
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This
site
is
dedicated
to
showing
people
what
nature
has
to
offer
and
what
will
be
destroyed
or
permanently
changed
if
no
one
wakes
up
to
the
contradictions
in
behavior
and
claimed
beliefs.
I
should
add
that
I
am
fully
cognizant
of
the
right
of
people
to
change
nature
and
behave
as
they
chose.
Humans
are
the
top
of
every
natural
chain
out
there--food,
habitat,
etc.
What
I
am
trying
to
instill
is
what
is
being
lost
and
to
get
people
to
be
honest.
Tell
your
grandchildren
there
may
be
no
open
spaces
in
Wyoming
or
elsewhere
because
you
had
enough
money
to
buy
land,
pave
it
over
and
build
an
8000
square
foot
second
home.
Tell
them
your
dream
for
Wyoming
was
to
be
just
like
Colorado
and
then
take
down
those
ridiculous
signs
at
the
border
that
says
"Wyoming.
Like
no
place
else
on
earth".
BE
HONEST.
And
stop
blaming
the
oil
companies
for
the
environmental
damage.
The
oil
companies
only
exist
because
people
want
energy.
They
are
fully
regulated
and
have
to
reclaim
areas,
as
do
mines.
Ranchers
and
realtors
can
do
anything
they
want
to
the
environment--cut
ranches
up
into
20
and
40
acre
lots,
put
in
roads,
and
alter
10's
of
thousands
of
acres
of
habitat
so
they
can
make
the
millions
the
oil
companies
are
criticized
for.
A
realtor
selling
off
thousands
of
acres
and
turning
said
area
into
a
subdivision
does
more
environmental
damage
than
energy
exploration.
All
in
the
name
of
profit.
Let's
look
at
ALL
the
contributors,
not
just
the
commonly
attacked
ones,
and
let's
look
closely
at
who
does
the
most
harm
and
who
does
the
least
harm.
Page
through
the
various
sections
of
this
site
and
feel
free
to
e-mail
and
let
me
know
if
you
share
my
concerns
or
you
just
want
to
pave
it
all
over
and
build
a
coffee
shop
and
movie
theater.
Look
at
what
will
change
and
what
is
being
lost.
