The Kid Brother's gotten his eagle scout. He got a bunch of guys with chainsaws to go out to some nature preserve in the area and get rid of a bunch of trees that are encroaching on the natural habitat of the Atwater Prairie Chicken ("only 62 left!"). That's the kind of nature conservancy I like -- realizing that just because they're trees doesn't mean they're perfect and inviolable, for one, and also going out and doing something instead of holding protest marches and filing lawsuits against corporations and private individuals. That's also why I prefer The Nature Conservancy which, while not perfect, spends much of its time buying large swaths of land it doesn't want developed, to Greenpeace et al, which spend their time trying to threaten and intimidate the potential developers into abandoning their projects.
The Court of Honor is tonight, so I'm off to Houston yet again.
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