We're musing the possibility of slowing/stopping antis' lead ban everywhere (because on the evidence that's where it's heading). old colonel elicited opinions and suggested possibility of lead under conditions, maybe even waterfowling with muskets etc.
This would have to come after state-hunter-possibly wildlife coalitions drive home to publics that lead for upland in hunter-magnets Kansas and Iowa is all green. Current law is no guarantee it will stay that way. Stopping the nibbling first, becoming recognized poster girls for finding a balance, is the fastest course to holding our own and finding niches for odd fellows with smoke pipes.
I work on this daily in the controversial climate of forestry on a provincial, national and international scale; over 50 years our organization has never lost a battle with governments and the biggest corporations of their kind. I read ignorance of forest dynamics frequently here, of clearcutting particularly. Perceptions can be changed by better information, treating all publics with respect. Take a page from the antis: bashing gets nowhere.
