Word: owl
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...Spotted Owl...
Jendi Reiter's recent editorial ("I Lost My Job to an Owl," February 24) attacking environmentalism seems to me to need some clarification...
...right mark when she points out that the majority of opponents to environmental change are average middle-class American citizens who, like the loggers in the Northwest, are opposed to losing jobs or financial opportunities due to environmental regulations like the law protecting the endangered spotted owl. They feel they have a constitutional right to take advantage of these financial opportunities, a right which is being violated by environmental laws...
Whether the spotted owl qualifies for such exceptions is a matter that rests with the laws, whether we like it or not. Such a question would never arise if your neighbor was burying toxic waste next door on his "private property...
Even so, the battle to save the salmon has generated far less rancor than the struggle between environmentalists and loggers over the northern spotted owl. In addition to its contribution to the Northwest economy -- $52 million a year in commercial fishing-related income alone -- the salmon has deep-seated symbolic value. Names of towns such as Chinook and White Salmon reflect the place of the cherished fish in the region's soul. In religious ceremonies, Native American tribes thank their Creator for the life-perpetuating salmon...