ORIGINAL: jf5
I agree that its her land and she should be able to do whats she sees fit. In this case, I do think she is selfish to not think of the envoronment, but it is her land.
However, On the flip side. Compete "hands off" attitude dosn'talways work when the general welfare of the environment and public are at stake. If I own300 acres of land, and decide to lease it to a chemical company to dump toxins. Is that OK?? After all, it is my land right?? Off course not. Landowners still should be held accountable when their actions effect others.
Dumping chemicals is already illegal.And has nothing to do with this thread.Where does the paper we use every day come from,what about the wood to build homes.If she owns the land and pays the taxes on it then they are her trees to do with what she wants.All land is regulated to a point but taking basic rights away from land owners with out fullcompensation is wrong.Its like telling a farmer not to pick his corn because you want to hunt the deer it feeds.
Maybe she just doesn't like trees!
