Comments on: Tragic Fire Sheds Light on Economic Lesson http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/03/tragic-fire-sheds-light-on-economic-lesson.html Advancing liberty with responsibility by promoting market solutions for Missouri public policy Wed, 23 May 2012 17:39:11 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: S/A http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/03/tragic-fire-sheds-light-on-economic-lesson.html/comment-page-1#comment-2317 S/A Sun, 12 Apr 2009 04:48:25 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=3658#comment-2317 It was Nick's livelihood for a while when the 3 of us lived together. He did the security job thing in a trailer at Pevely. I bet the Pevely space gets used before anyone does anything about the mostly burned out building base is in! It was Nick’s livelihood for a while when the 3 of us lived together. He did the security job thing in a trailer at Pevely. I bet the Pevely space gets used before anyone does anything about the mostly burned out building base is in!

]]> By: Eric D. Dixon http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/03/tragic-fire-sheds-light-on-economic-lesson.html/comment-page-1#comment-2212 Eric D. Dixon Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:19:02 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=3658#comment-2212 <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/10/1022_Ally_1.html" rel="nofollow">From <em>National Geographic</em></a>: <blockquote>You wander through a store or flip through magazine pages and see a gorgeous alligator bag, pair of shoes, or belt. Being the good environmentalist that you are, you don't buy, because alligators are an endangered species. Aren't they? "No," Ruth Elsey, a wildlife biologist at the state-administered Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana, said emphatically. "That's the biggest misconception people have, and one that we're constantly battling. Alligators are not endangered. "There's a bumper sticker down here that says, 'If you want to save an alligator, buy a handbag,' and that's completely true," said Elsey. "We wish we could get people to understand that." Louisiana's innovative Alligator Marsh to Market program is an effective conservation tool, state conservation officers say. It protects alligator populations and preserves critical wetlands habitats while providing about U.S. $54 million of economic benefits to the state each year.</blockquote> From National Geographic:

You wander through a store or flip through magazine pages and see a gorgeous alligator bag, pair of shoes, or belt. Being the good environmentalist that you are, you don’t buy, because alligators are an endangered species. Aren’t they?

“No,” Ruth Elsey, a wildlife biologist at the state-administered Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana, said emphatically. “That’s the biggest misconception people have, and one that we’re constantly battling. Alligators are not endangered.

“There’s a bumper sticker down here that says, ‘If you want to save an alligator, buy a handbag,’ and that’s completely true,” said Elsey. “We wish we could get people to understand that.”

Louisiana’s innovative Alligator Marsh to Market program is an effective conservation tool, state conservation officers say. It protects alligator populations and preserves critical wetlands habitats while providing about U.S. $54 million of economic benefits to the state each year.

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