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considered environmental posi¬
tions at election time.
According to Hart who is
president of the independent re¬
search firm that conducts surveys
fora variety of companies nation¬
ally, the reasons that the environ¬
ment was not a No. 1 priority for'
most were obvious.
"Candidates weren't talking
about the environment at election
time, and the voters' had other
things on their minds," Hart said.
"But when we asked them about
the environment, they had very
strong opinions."
In the survey, respondents
expressed an astonishing amount
of support for the environment
and regulations designed to pro¬
tect iL Forty-one percent of all
voters and 34 percent of those
who cast Republican Congres¬
sional ballots said existing laws
. don't go far enough in looking
out for the" best interests of the
environment. Twenty-one per¬
cent of both groups said current
laws are adequate, while just 18
percent and 25 percent, respec¬
tively, felt that current protection
goes too far.
By looking at the numbers,
it's dear to see that voters believe
existing environmental laws pro¬
vide insufficient protection
"What you can derive from a
study like this is that people care
deeply about wildlife, the quality
of water [and] the quality of air,"
NWF's Senior Director of Policy
Communications Michael Crook
Hair agreed and added that
the environmental issues in¬
volved are not just trie responsi¬
bility of a single person or politi¬
cal group.
"Conserving this earth isn't
Liberal or Conservative, Republi¬
can or Democrat" Hair said. "It is
the only way to ensure that our
[children and] grandchildren en¬
joy a quality of life at least as good
as what we have, and with hard
Work and good will, perhaps one
much better."
Some other noteworthy in-
formation that came from the sur¬
vey regarding all voters included:
*56. percent'Oppose requir¬
ing compensation for property
owners who want todo what they
want with their land but are pre¬
vented from doing so because of
environmental regulations.
•57 percent favor maintain¬
ing the strong provisions of the
Endangered Species Act
•63 percent say mining,
ranching and logging operations
should be charged a "fair market
fee" for use of public land.
Fish and Game's Environmental
Specialist for Fresno County,
Donna Daniels, agreed. However, .
at mis point she said there has
been no significant changes in the
political approach toward envi¬
ronmental issues one way or an¬
other.
"As far as finances and op¬
erations are concerned, we're
functioning at the same level as
wehaveforthelastseveralyears,"
Daniels said. "I haven't noticed a
change from the daily routine
we've been performing."
Hair cited upcoming legisla-
•64 percent favor redirecting^ tive action on. the Farm Bill and,
crop s ubsidies to encourage to Safe Drinking Water Acts as op-
keep pesticides out of food and    porruruties for environmental bi-
water.
In addition, the poll found
that public^ support for several
protection measures do not coin¬
cide with the beliefs of many of
the newly elected Republican
Congressional leaders. But at the
same time, according to Hair, the
current Democratic Administra¬
tion got a less-than-favorable rat-
ing from poll respondents as welL
Only 26 percent rated the Clinton
Administration's work on envi-
• ronmenta] issues as good or ex¬
cellent ,**"
"What people need to do is to
become part of the process,"
Crook said. "They need to get
connected with what their newly
elected senators and Congress
[men and women] are doing."
People care about their envi¬
ronment and the economy. What
they need to realize though is that
they can have a healthy economy,
but more importantly, a healthy
environment too."
v Crook continued to point out
that it is the responsibility of these
elected officials to see that the
environment is not forgotten.
"These Congressional lead¬
ers were sent to Washington to fix
things, not to break them," Crook
said.
"Just because there weren't
any ads or speeches around elec¬
tion time focusing on the environ¬
ment, it doesn't mean a blank
check was written to throw these
important issues aside."
* TheCalifbmiaI>rjartmentof
partisan progress tha t can benefit
all Americans.
The Farm bill, which origi¬
nated with the Agricultural Act
of 1949, is currently being up¬
dated for this year (the last up¬
date was in 1990) and will be
implemented in 1996. The basis
behind the bill is a five-year frame¬
work which provides for admin
istration Of agricultural and farm
programs. Both, along With ur¬
ban development, are important
topics in the environmental issue
of the encroachment of habitat,
which is a primary cause of wild¬
life extinction.
The Safe Drinking Water Act
. is undoubtedly a concern to eV-'**
eryone. Its basis is a Federal Law
which sets the nationwide stan¬
dards of what safe levels of tox¬
ins, bacteria and other harmful
things are allowed in tap water.
"Nature and environment
should be our common ground.
We cannot afford to make them
into a partisan game," Hair said.
"The National Wildlife Federa¬
tion will work with leaders of all
parties to make sure voters get the
protections ti^y want And we'll
take on anyone in any party who
won't provide it! \
f TheNWFisthenation'slarg¬
est conservation education orga¬
nization. Founded in 1936, the
Federation works to educate and
assist individuals and organiza-
tionstoconservenatural resources
and to protect thej^arth's envi-
, ronment
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