[bigfootbob]

The regulators in Washington State are requiring folks who mitigate development restore land to "Pre-Colombian" conditions. And they tell you with the most serious straight face. Bizarre.

[hmong]

I think some people are living in a dream. These pre-columbian dreams are just "romantisizing" a time period that can never be again. Environmentally concerned folks have to be realistic, humans will never go away. $$$ concerned folks have to realize that $$$ is not all there is. Selling our national treasures/life lines for $$$= more water, more food, more houses/ more $$ is not moral.