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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gst" data-source="post: 201772" data-attributes="member: 373">Some people can stick their head in the sand right in the desert and not know their head is in sand. From and earlier post.........Tell us again Big sky who on their many person boards of directors and funding sources support hunting? "The origin of the money behind the American Prairie Foundation is adding to ranchers' resentment. Donations are coming mostly from wealthy individuals, many of them in the Silicon Valley or on Wall Street. As in such places as Jackson Hole and Aspen, the rich are demonstrating a striking capacity to change land use in the West.For the wealthy, the Northern Plains and their once-great herds of buffalo are a seductive and iconic cause."This is an easy sell," said Diana Beattie, a Manhattan interior designer who summers in Montana and is a well-connected fundraiser among Fifth Avenue's philanthropic elite. "Since the Al Gore movie, I think caring about nature and preserving its purity is on everybody's plate."Larry Linden, who lives in Manhattan and is a retired general partner at <a href="http://financial.washingtonpost.com/custom/wpost/html-qcn.asp?dispnav=business&mwpage=qcn&symb=GS&nav=el" target="_blank">Goldman Sachs</a>, has pledged about $500,000. He compares the restoration of the Northern Plains to the refurbishment of the Statue of Liberty."There are lot of folks in New York who spend a lot of time in the West, and this appeals to them," he said. "This is not the heavy hand of the government. Over time, ranch families will find it in their interest to sell"- - - Updated - - -Much like CWD the original causation of brucellosis is not fully understood. That is a claim most often accompanied by the word "probably"......- - - Updated - - -Becasue it is part of the long term goal of no human involvement in the management of these lands...........</blockquote>

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