| Give us some background on the environmental lobby. |
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| Isn't it ironic that you think of them as these hippies who go out and save the land, that just want everything to be OK and everyone to get along, yet they have the hammer . . they are the big business . . |
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| The (rural) people just feel like they cannot be heard . . they feel like people in the cities are making decisions and you don't even know what we're doing out here . . |
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| They feel so under siege . . is that justified? |
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| How can they fight back? If they can't get a voice, what should they do? Like you said, with the reapportionment, their voice becomes even smaller. What's their recourse? |
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| It's got to be fascinating politically for you to watch . . |
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| The government is supposed to be your voice . . it's supposed to represent all the people. It's supposed to protect this land for the public. The people are saying, "We're the publicwe're paying our taxes just like the people in New Jersey and you're telling us we can't do what we've always done out here?" |
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| Here 87% of the land is under government control . . Is there any way to turn it around and make it more representative for the people? |
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| Those regulations were all put in place, one by one. Each of them had to be voted on . . People voted on them somewhere . . |
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| Where do you see this going? Everyone seems to have their line in the sand and nobody's going to move. This has gone on for 6 years and it's going to go on for a couple more . . Is this road just a symbolic thing? |
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| How big of a revolt could they . . |
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| When did the people lose control of it? |
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| How should it be working in the system? |
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