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You did a great job of moderating, Rep, and we'll miss that. I agree it's not the same around here, especially without some of the old favorite posters. I also think the forum is still suffering from the acrimony that got out of hand a few years ago. I know that some people stopped visiting before t...

Good post, Desertroad. I agree with your call for a balanced approach to land management, but the tricky part is: What is balanced management? What to me is a balanced approach may not be considered balanced to some others. (In fact, as a long-time poster here, I can pretty much guarantee that.) The...

I never got a chance to meet him, but I enjoyed his posts, which I found fair, well-reasoned, and friendly. He also generously gave me quite a bit of good photographic advice by email.

Thanks, Rep. I'm very sorry to hear that. He was a good guy.

I've dropped back in after being away for a good while. I've noticed some new names and some absent older ones. I hope this isn't a delicate subject, but I see that Plays in the Dirt hasn't posted here for a while. I sent hime a personal message about a month ago but there has been no reply. Does an...

OK, I'll try this ONE last time. I never claimed that OHV use would result in the kind of wastelands I described. Indeed, I never mentioned OHVs at all. Although the same stale, endless OHV debate dominates this forum, not all environmental issues need to be viewed through the OHV prism. Instead, wh...

Speaking of the environment in general, NOT the stale OHV debate: Mike, If you don't believe my statement about environmental wastelands, you might want to take a look at this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1DNjJd2YfA) or, if you have a strong stomach, this (http://www.gerdludwig.com/html/stories_...

Calm down, historik. If you take the time to read my reply closely, you will see that I did not refer to, or even mention, the stale OHV/anti-OHV argument. Rather, I was looking at the bigger picture that Reptilist described. Something we all might want to consider from time to time....

Thanks for steppiing in, Rep. Humor is fine, but the baiting had turned a bit juvenile. I agree that strong voices for the environment are essential. Many regions of the former Soviet Union, and nowdays China, where dissent is crushed and the rulers ignore the wishes of the people, have become envir...

...and to you, too, Dan.