But, as you know, that's still not enough to make them happy!
They won't be happy till the air and water is STERILE!!!
(and then they'll bich because that's not healthy)
Long as the environmental movement is driven by elitists, nature worshipers, and true believers, irrationality will reign on sound environmental care.
Who made sure that there would be plenty of bug killed woodlands because they didn't want the FS to treat the outbreaks? Some forests like the Dixie NF have big areas that are mostly dead.
Who made sure that forest fires would burn hot and scorch the earth beyond the normal for that type of forest because they thought someone might take a stick of wood out?
The current environmentalist legacy: Habitat evidence doctored, bad science claimed as truth, pushing so hard that people don't want to believe their good evidence just out of reflex...and huge amounts of wasted good US taxpayer's money has been spent to deal with the constant court battles.
And let's not forget that the enviromental movement has its own terrorist wing with Earth First and ELF.
There are rational people out there who understand the compromise between use and preservation. There is scientific data that helps people restore the land and keep it in good shape.
Many times, though, the environmentalists have made it impossible to work, allowing noxious weed infiltration , for example, while they dicker out the right to treat the problem in court.
You want to protect the enviroment in good ways? Learn for real about ecology, and the concepts of synergy. Find groups that are actually rationally doing it the right way, like the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Pheasants Forever, the Nature Conservancy.
Stay away from the Sierra Club!