I'm sure if we were to stop and think, there are many other areas that have been deemed "off limits," in order to provide sanctuary to other animals. I agree, public access should be secondary. Especially if the mission is suffering. Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: "Paul D. and Georgean Z. Kyle" <DWA@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: September 30, 2013 at 10:41:33 PM CDT > To: <robertjbecker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "texbirds" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [texbirds] Re: unwelcome news from Laguna Atascosa > Reply-To: DWA@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > A National Wildlife > Refuge should be just that: a wildlife refuge. Public access should be a > secondary consideration at best. > > Best Regards, > > Paul Kyle > > Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission from the List Owner