Re: Corridor Development

["JS M" <jbiggs50@hotmail.com>]

>But, does the vision have to require conversion of already useful land into 
>something else?

There is a movement in Whitman County to "open up" the county for 
subdivision of agricultural land.  The driving force behind this is 
economic.  Wheat prices insure that farmers are living on subsidies.  
Farmers want to know why they have to leave thier land fallow for three 
years before short platting.  If a farmers' son has no interest in 
continuing the business, how can a long-time farmer justify holding on to 
huge tracts of land that drive him deeper in debt?  I think economics will 
always win out over environment.

>Community development does not require that we reinvent
>our landscapes. It's another way of looking at priorities.

Absolutely.  There are many ways to skin a cat.
jm

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