I hear you. I LOVE nature be it tall (or otherwise) grass prairies or forests, and support their preservation and restoration. I don’t however believe that this should at the expense of farming, grazing, logging and commerce, nor should its preservation be making it harder for those still making a living from the land to be able to continue doing so.

Woods can be managed in a “more sustainable manner” to allow for it to stay commercially productive without banning logging. Prairies can be restored and managed without driving off the cattle and people that work the land. I


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 Thomas Paine (from "Common Sense" 1776)