It has again been a while since I managed to get back to this blog. Honestly, I thought I would be blogging on a daily basis, but such is life... I just chop wood and carry water while waiting to see what appears on my path of life. I just received word that Sierra Club would like me to lobby for them with several other Club members in Washington DC this coming June for three days in support of their Grazing Team effort. They are paying all my expenses. I feel quite honored by this and will certainly do my best. In case you are not aware of this serious planet issue the story is: It seems that a large portion of the US is filled out by lands purchased by the Federal government in order to preserve them in their natural state. This includes many National Parks. Unfortunately, over the years members of Congress who felt a leaning towards corporate interests felt that corporate ranchers raising meat needed some help in the form a of a subsidy and passed laws allowing these large corporate interests to graze their livestock for free on these public lands. Well what has happened over the years of course is that these seemingly peaceful cattle and other livestock being raised for slaughter have been eating to elimination all the natural grasslands, pooping and polluting all the natural streams and tramping and thereby destroying all the natural plants. What happens here is that this destruction is destroying all the natural wildlife; birds, fish and mammals and really has to stop. I've belong to this Sierra Club Grazing Team for two years and have seen enough film and heard enough stories to understand that this is another case of our planet's survival and this subsidy simply has to stop for the public good. If you have the occasion to write to your Senator or Congressman or Congresswoman it would be appreciated if you could give this problem a mention.
Thanks,
Jim Ainsworth
Wonderful! Nice post!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing, Jim!
I enjoyed the visit. :)