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Gave You Pearl Harbor, Delia Femina...
...Trapper Joe Delia has only to look at himself to see why "people can't live out like they used to." Mr. Delia, who would trap wild animals for their pelts and who would net thousands of salmon "just to feed our teams," is no better than the oil companies who would ruin Alaska's fragile ecology...
...From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor, Delia Femina...
With fur prices so undependable, there is scarcely a trapper working in Alaska today who does not look for extra income. In the summer, Delia works for the FAA people at the Skwentna airstrip. His wife is postmistress (the post office is in their log home on the Skwentna River), and adds to the family income in that...
...what of Alaska's promised new prosperity? Joe Delia has some doubts about it all. "We got two extremes now with this oil business," he says. "We got one guy, he don't want oil to work at all-and the state needs that oil. Our economy is pretty bad off without. The other guy, he wants to go all the way and not do anything to protect the natural environment. Most people come to Alaska to get away from the rat race outside. And you know, if we ruin our natural resources, well, there it goes...