Our weakness is being exploited. The QLG bill passed so overwhelmingly because it was supported by Rep. George Miller. We are in trouble. This thing could make the Salvage Rider look like a Sunday picnic. Fearful of such prospects, around 20 national and regional environmental groups rallied in opposition to the bill.
Coercive harmony is a real phenomenon.
It's peer pressure. You're surrounded by public land. People are courting you that used to attack you as a devil at the same time wise users are pounding on you. It's almost like good cop-bad cop. When the people who come courting are Sierra Pacific Industries, the biggest and strongest timber company in California, the temptation is even more powerful, Pace added.