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Show EAT THEIR CAKE TOO? A recent survey by Louis Harris and Associates indicates that Americans support sup-port new energy developments but are not willing to sacrifice the environment to the energy cause, according to the Wildlife Management Institute. The survey report said that the public believes strongly that the nation is facing a serious energy shortage and supports four steps to ease the crisis. Those steps are speeding construction of the Alaskan oil pipeline, offshore drilling for oil, increasing in-creasing efforts to develop oil shale and accelerating nuclear power plant construction. con-struction. By a small margin, the public would also favor more strip mining of coal, the report said. But, by 65 percent to 25 percent, Americans still oppose slowing down the clean-up of air and water pollution as a step to help solve the energy shortage, according to the survey. "Whatever the future holds for hunting, good or bad, the hunter has probably got coming to him. If game management continues con-tinues to enhance and regulate the game supply, it will be due to the financial, moral and political support of the hunter. If game management is corroded and weakened weak-ened by political spoilers, it will be largely due to the inaction and indifference of the hunter; and his hunting will lose by default." John Madson r |