Lots of good points here. I have no other particular groups to emphasize, as I suspect you've got more than enough to consider already. Honestly, thank you for posting this; as of late I've been feeling a powerful urge to do more good and have been struggling a bit with what the best avenue that might entail. I think you've hit on an important one, and Hogan raised a really good point about connecting the next generation to the outdoors. I have to say that time in and around waters has been more than just my form of "recreation" for as long as I can remember. I'll avoid the typical cliche comparisons to church, and spiritual enlightenment, but I will say I find the analogies entirely justifiable.
You've inspired me to give a bit more of myself back, financially (not a lot of that to give these days), and otherwise. I cringe at the possibility of this turning into an ugly political thread, and I would hope that we can all compartmentalize our own political views sufficiently to agree that there will likely be a lot more challenges for anything that remotely contains the term "environmental" attached to it. Regardless of party, I think healthy ecosystems offer something critically important for us all, and they deserve all our best. I have the highest respect for ALL those who have made it a priority in life to give something back to the great outdoors for all that it gives us...
Good on ya
JB
"Lord help me to be the person my dog thinks I am"
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