"Today, wet prairie in the Willamette Valley has been reduced to less than 1,000 acres, or one-quarter of one percent of its former extent." (J. A. Christy & E. R. Alverson, 1994, The Nature Conservancy of Oregon).

"The highest and best use of Seavy Meadows for the benefit of the most people is as an open-space park containing a priceless piece of Oregon's natural heritage." (NE Corvallis Neighborhood Association, 1996, Open Space Park Proposal)

"One of the key problems in American society now, it seems to me, is people's lack of commitment to any given place--which, again, is totally unnatural and outside of history. Neighborhoods are allowed to deteriorate, landscapes are allowed to be strip-mined, because there is nobody who will live there and take responsibility; they'll just move on. The reconstruction of a people and of a life in the United States depends in part on people, neighborhood by neighborhood, county by county, deciding to stick it out and make it work where they are..." (Gary Snyder, 1980, The Real Work: Interviews and Talks 1964-1979)

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