Hunters & tree-huggers.

• Author: Dirks, Scott
• Position: LETTERS - Letter to the editor

An excellent piece! ("The Emerging Environmental Majority," May). As a life-long fisherman, hunter, whitewater-canoer, forager and bird-watcher, I have always felt that concern for the environment is a bridge-building issue cutting across many sorts of divides. This article does an excellent job of summarizing the history of the American environmental/conservation movement.

SCOTT DIRKS

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My dad started taking me hunting when I was only 3 years old. Dad loved the outdoors more than anything, and I inherited that same appreciation...