San Bernardino County Opposed to Conservation; Supports Corporations Pilfering Public Land
According to the minutes from the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisor's meeting from 13 July, the County approved a position requesting that Federal Agencies avoid purchasing private land for conservation purposes, and also requested that additional land be set aside for Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) use. At the end of the day, the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors showed just how short-sighted their policy decisions are, and supported a subsidy for corporations that are swallowing up open space and desert wilderness for their own profit. Summary: We (the County Supervisors) support industrial scale development of pristine, public desert wilderness, but we do not want you to conserve additional land in order to off-set the damage. We should, however, allow more OHV use, which is well known to destroy wilderness. Net effect: Less wilderness, less wildlife, less camping, less hiking, less photography, less beautiful vistas, less nature, less open space, less natura