Michael Whitfield, former High Divide Collaborative (HDC) Executive Director, recently wrote a white paper for the Lincoln Institute for Land Policy (LILP) titled, Toward Holistic Landscape Conservation in the 21st Century. It is the meanderings of a retired person, wishing for a collective, let's all get along, kum ba yah moment for all. The standard themes of overpopulation destroying the earth, people starving and having nowhere to live, the environment having no political boundaries, and severe fragmentation are repetitively spread throughout the document. There are also some exaggerated claims of cooperation, shared values, and other achievements in the High Divide area. The upshot of this document is nothing more than a rehash of the same old language, with an insertion of more involvement with other "stakeholders" which means those who do not hold the same ideology as Mr. Whitfield, and "building trust" with those individuals. Mr. Whitfield is unable to understand that those who do not hold the same ideology and beliefs as him will never acquiesce to his beliefs.
One suggestion Mr. Whitfield, given your grave concern about the environment being destroyed, starving people without anywhere to live, perhaps you should give consideration to turning your property over to the wild, moving to a densely packed area and dividing your financial well-being up to those who are in most need.
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