And then there are those days when every line of this land I love – every log on the beach, every bending birch, every reach of sand and curve of sandstone – comes back at me like an accusing question mark and the answers are never easy.
Are you doing enough to protect this place? Are you seeing deeply? Speaking clearly? Are you working as hard as you should be? Why do we seem so eager to pour money into the bottomless pockets of corporations that rip, tear, gouge, and drill away the natural resources of the earth and yet do so little to support organizations that work to protect the natural resources of beauty? Of my last ten purchases, how many of them spelled “good” for the earth and how many did damage? What do we spend on beauty? Because we can’t put a decimal point in its worth, do we simply take it for granted until it is gone? What will I do for the good of beauty today in this land I claim to love?
Some days there are question marks everywhere and no answers in the curling waves.
— Jeff Rennicke
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Bogus argument by Tiffany. More people coming to APIS means more $. There is no entrance fee so where's the increase going to come from?