In late January, Trout Unlimited, a national conservation organization, brought a small but hardcore group of hunters and anglers from four Rocky Mountain states to Washington to protest an energy bill whose provisions include opening up Western public lands to oil and gas drilling.

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if protecting or economy from the whims of those dammed arabs means drilling our own oil...hell gimme a B.A.R. and a nest of squirels anyday. it just ruins all the fun of following a blood trail only to find "my" deer going threw its death throws in a pit of oily mud. ****! let somebody else dirty their land so i can drive my SUV out here to enjoy the beauty of god's good nature. </sarcasm>