Ted Nugent hails ‘successful heritage of hunting, fishing and trapping’
When I was growing up in that once grand city of Detroit, Lake Erie would occasionally ignite spontaneously. That’s right, the lake would catch fire, and flames would flicker on top of the water due to the criminally irresponsible runaway pollution unleashed by uncaring industrialists.
The perfect “we the people” ballet of whistleblowing sounded the alarm when real conservationist/environmentalist, you know, hunters, fishermen and trappers, with real boots on the ground, witnessed in the swamps and on the water our beloved muskrat, waterfowl and fish populations drop to unacceptable levels. We quickly stepped up to remedy this very dangerous condition that threatened our hunter/gatherer lifestyle.
We simply refused to accept the status quo of the industrial revolution mistakes and knew instinctively that industrial productivity and clean air, soil and water were not mutually exclusive. So we went to work and raised adequate hell to reverse the situation.
And boy oh boy, reverse the situation we did, post haste. It wasn’t that long thereafter that Lake Erie got cleaned up so well that it once again became the world’s top walleye and small mouth bass fishery.
The wild celery and bio-diversity returned and with this natural eco cleansing system came the magnificent flights of wild fowl, fish and furbearers.
That’s right, we not only didn’t lose any jobs or productivity due to the new environmental accountability practices, but production did indeed increase while quality of life was upgraded for all living things in this wonderful Great Lakes wildlife paradise.
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