Posted on 05/15/2013 2:53:41 PM PDT by nickcarraway
From the article;
“”Wilderness is not necessarily something that looks back, it looks forward,” says White. Government-designated wilderness is about preserving something for the future, not trying to reclaim the past, and it can require tough decisions. “To preserve one thing you very often have to eradicate something else,” he says.
“uhn, huh?” I says with that confused look on my face.
Here in Tennessee there is an area called “Land Between the Lakes”, once named “Land Between The Rivers”
People who had farmed the land since pioneer days were forced off the land by TVA to make Barkley and Kentucky lake dams so to provide power.
But even the land between these two reservoirs but not needed for the backwater was seized by the Kennedy Ad. to create a "wildlife preserve".
To say the least these people were mad but the government promised them these lands would forever be kept as wilderness and never commercialized.
Long story short TVA tried to started to rent spaces to Commercial businesses like hotels and other touristy crap. TVA also hinted at selling lakefront properties.
The surviving families still in this area raised a big stink, TVA tried to shove responsibility upon the Park Service and these people howled even louder because the Park Service had a history of commercializing “protected” areas.
It is now at a standstill...
Government....ShsssssH!!
Am I right or am I right!
(rolls eyes)
And the hot tubs...LOL
Whitewater....
Gotta run.
Yea, those too. We took advantage of every amenity we could. The food there is quite good, too.
Excellent, Excellent Restaurant. Wine and Liquor selection was terrific.
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