[Vision2020] Prairie RIP

[david sarff]

Today a lone, one acre prairie remnant was turned up and plundered for its 
Granite boulders.  My guess is to use them for local landscaping purposes.

Permission had been properly gathered to acquire the field stones that had 
been pushed up against one side of the small prairie remnant. But hey, the 
ones up-hill with the old lichens must have looked pretty good, too . . . 
more valuable even, considering that local Prairie is one of the most 
endangered plant communities in the Americas.  The land owner and the world 
truly lost more than they will ever get in return.

The person responsible for this error in judgment is in fact the very same 
person who was stopped in the process of removing the plant growth from the 
Palouse Mall; only in my opinion, the Mall issue was not nearly as morally 
apprehensible as this present action was.

I was informed by one of the workers that the new highway was going through 
the area  and so why does it matter . . . Interesting considering a two year 
EIS (environmental impact statement) is presently just beginning  to assess 
a broad range of options for the location of a new highway.  This measure 
would certainly include assessments for endangered plants, some of which 
have now been conveniently turned under . . .

Dave

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