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Show THE ZEPHYRNOVEMBER 1995 PAGE 35 try to hold our ground and strike a balance individually and collectively while we're here. will just In these fights, people will take extreme positions on both sides. Sounds like Congressman Hansen is one extreme. I suppose some see you and the SUWA as the other. Well, thank Cod for you and folks like those in the SUWA. Lest 1 afford someone the opportunity to accuse me of being a hypocrite, I admit I'm not a purist. I m not a martyr. I drive a big Suburban, but I'm not proud of it. I like being comfortable, and I'm not likely to force myself to endure too much discomfort. 1 m a fallible human too. But, I do try. Seeing the Big Picture helps. My family and I may still do things that are part of the pollution instead of the solution, but we gradually begin to move to a more position. At Bryce Canyon, on a display at Sunrise Point, there is a quote from Lyndon Baines Johnson made at the signing of the Wilderness Act in 1964. I am not ready to comforts I all and but believe its message is important and conveniences, my give up worthy. If future generations are to remember us with gratitude rather than contempt, we must leave them more than the miracles of technology. We must leave them a glimpse of the world as it was in the beginning, not just after we got through eco-friend- 1 NORMA NUNN (W)259-502- 1 (H)259-727- 5 ly with it." My big fear, from living in an urban area most of the year, is that the support for such a noble quest will dwindle. As people develop tolerances for comfort, convenience and pleasure, they may begin to value wild land less and less. I have very few students who care about wildlands, but most have been to Disncyworld and The Mall of America. To kids who have grown up on e reality and man-mad- developed a high tolerance for stimulation, a wilderness experience is seen as the ultimate in boredom. Industries will also probably portray preservation as a threat to everyonos' continued or increased comfort, convenience and pleasure. Like drug addicts, urbanites may do anything to keep their comfort and convenience high going. 1 often tell my wife we are living in a Golden Era. We have it easier than any other generation in the past. We have better access to more wild places than ever before. And, we can enjoy them before they are too trashed or threatened by an exploding population. As the scenario unfolds, there will be no easy answers. There will be pressures from all sides brought to bear on governmental agencies. They'll do some things we agree with and some we won't. They'll do some things that make sense and some that won't. Each of us will have to decide whether the glass is y or half-fu- ll at any given point. We'll have to learn the lesson children do, that it won't always be exactly the way we want it to be. 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