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These questions were asked of me in a recent interview (ongoing). What are your thoughts?

  1. Why, in your own words, do you think it’s a good idea for the State of SC to continue to spend public dollars on habitat protection and related wildlife programs?

  2. Staying with that thought, what does SC get in return in dollars and cents?

  3. And, what does SC get in intrinsic value, in non dollars and cents accounting?

Thanks in advance, Bob Sanders

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  1. To ensure that future generations will be allowed the opportunity that we all enjoy today. It is the public’s responsibility to protect and preserve our natural resources, such as water quality, habitat protection and wildlife management. Our coast in unrivaled when it comes to beauty and natural scenery. If you take someone in the ACE Basin and their not in awe, their heart isn’t beating. god’s country and we need to keep it that way as well as many of our other undeveloped areas across the state. I’ve seen the state make great progress and some local governments as well with conservation easements, etc, but we need to spend more public dollars in these areas not reduce our investments in the future.

  2. $30 Billion and 230,000 jobs in the state of South Carolina
    http://www.dnr.sc.gov/green/index.html

  3. An impeccable quality of life that is unrivalled by any of our neighboring states. Just compare our coastline to Floridas. They have overdeveloped and you can’t compare the two

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Tying in to this, I was speaking to my relative who lives in Biloxi. This is an example of what can go wrong. He explained his dismay that the casinos were not allowed on land and instead had to be on riverboats. Much of the beautiful coastal land and vistas he used to know are now all buggered up with glittering lights and casino boats. That is an unimaginable FAIL by the leaders of that state!

My emotions on this topic are so strong, its hard to put together a coherent thought. Think of 100 years ago. 80% of oyster habitat from that era is now gone. What will it be when my kids are my age?

Some things are more important than what the state gets for return in dollars and cents, although as stated, the impact is very large. Our coastal region (especially the ACE Basin) could easily pass as a national park in beauty, and bounty.

Bob, you should copy this thread to the fishing discussion section for more input, just a suggestion

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