Monday 4 July 2016

"What Shall We Do Today?"

This piece in today's paper is probably about someone working in finance, but it just seemed like what goes on in the conservation industry. There must be many of them wandering around not quite sure what to do with their time.

It's something that crops up regularly when people meet on the moor and cast eyes over the work of 'conservation man'. How do they spend their day? And why is there such a skewed idea of priorities?

For example, why were these sheep straying across the moor when £35-40,0000 of public money has been spent on  imprisoning them behind an impregnable wall topped with barbed wire? Bewildered punters questioning this expense were told it was vital to prevent the sheep, er, escaping. The success of this can be measured by the number of weeks (now months?) the woollies have been migrating.



Answer: because a hole has been left in the wall and the wire fence is in a sorry state, - the case for more than a month. Worry not the 'Rangers are on the case and they work like greased lightning. Expect action before the next referendum.

Being a Ranger means using social media because the Virtual is so much more real and more important than the 'real' Real. Those who walk here and use our eyes are of no consequence. It's those whose heads are down and eyes glued to the smartphone who are the prime target. Reality of the other kind is so yesterday. The key task is to create an impression and whether it's accurate or not doesn't matter.

https://www.facebook.com/TheWildlifeTrust.SheffieldandRotherham/posts/10154329201737888:0

Other useful activities for the conservation industry? Well forget the mess created by livestock and the incomplete boundaries, the failure to provide a proper car park, the urgent need to get rid of barbed wire.......

Start up a group of Ranger Tots


Conservation has found its own level.

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