NANFA members from IL/IN local chapter are currently helping setup
a couple of fish tanks there to highlight the fish being conserved in the
lakes at this "Conservation Community". It is a nice area even though the
houses look like they are replica's of each other :)
On Tue, 22 Feb 2000 Ty_Hall_at_eFunds.Com wrote:
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> Great idea, but............(why is there always a but?) I am in the process
> of designing and planning a pond and wildlife area for my back yard. The
> pond will be approx 1 1/2 acres in size and the wildlife area would take up
> another acre or two. Trees, prairie grasses, wildflowers and such. Anyway,
> I have written to both the DNR and the Fish and Wildlife Service and in
> both cases have received nothing but a bunch of negative attitudes. All
> they want to do is talk about permits and crap. No helpful advice, no words
> of encouragement. The very agencies that are supposed to be encouraging the
> responsible use of our native resources and they are not even the least bit
> concerned with trying to help someone return some land back to a natural,
> wildlife friendly, state. It's almost like they would prefer that I had all
> this land tied up in a useless expanse of turf grass. Very frustrating.
>
> I agree with what Jeff goes on to say, but am still frustrated by the lack
> of not only assistance, but even minimal encouragment or guidance. Maybe in
> the scheme of things my little few acres don't mean squat to the big DNR
> and F&WS but don't you have to start somewhere? The opportunities to save
> and restore thousands or even hundreds of acres are practically gone. It's
> time for these agencies to start helping the smaller projects. What's the
> old saying, "if you watch the pennies the dollars take care of themselves."
>
> Sorry, I'm venting, but I do feel better after typing it out.
>
> Ty "thinking about putting in a golf course instead" Hall
> www.mia.net/tyhall (I've got some bad pic's of my bluegills and perch on
> my Pets page)
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> Native Fish Enthusiasts
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> How about as an alternatvive to heavy-handed authoritarian intervention - a
> partnership between government and landowners - 'stakeholders' as in the
> case of
> the Conasaugua watershed and other places where emphisis on cooperation has
> had a
> beneficial impact.
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