Because the word has come to mean something entirely different than its original concept. Conservation is the wise use of natural resources, take what you need today and leave something for use in the future. Most organizations that have labeled themselves as conservationists today are actuall preservationists. They don't want anybody to use anything, just look at it. Teddy Roosevelt and the other conservationists of the past century understood this and promulagted the concept and theory. The HSUS, WWF and others today just don't get it.

I'm just wondering something BJ, isn't it much more difficult to write all of these posts trying to come off as some ill educated backwards jerk than to just allow your natural intellect and talent through? Your posts would be much easier to read and more enjoyable if you did.