On 12-13-97 Robert Rice wrote to William Mastop... 
 
 RR> Hello, 
 RR>  
 RR> I guess I am rather frustrated with my recent slammings in this echo. 
 RR> I write  
 RR> reguarly for FAMA< TFH and Aquarium Fish Magazine. I post  
 RR> here the same articles that I have published . I don't do  
 RR> it to impress anyone or hassle anyone I dio it because 48%  
 RR> of the aquatic species in this country are threatened (EPA  
 RR> 1997 report). I do it because aquarist spend 20 times more  
 RR> money annually than fishermen. So they could be the  
 RR> greatest positive impact on our native fishes. Lets say 1  
 RR> buck from each aquarist in this country went to stream  
 RR> preservation. WOW what a different world it would be.  
 RR>  
 RR> I am sorry people don't buy into native fishes. They should ,they are  
 RR> beautiful and reasonable use of our resources. Anyhow I  
 RR> feel like I am talking to myself most of the time and like  
 RR> I said, i retire from the fido aquarium forum . So the best  
 RR> of luck to you folks here. I have tried my best here. I  
 RR> believe in aquarist as naturalist. So please take some time  
 RR> to consider what role your aquarium club or you personally  
 RR> could take in local conservation. Be it breeding of local  
 RR> species, or stream cleanup I can assure your efforts will  
 RR> assure  that the future of our native species would be 
 RR> brighter  . So please take the time to learn a bit about  
 RR> your local species. They are beautiful , personable and  
 RR> very suitable for the home aquarium !  BTW catch my most  
 RR> recent article in the Feb FAMA 
 RR>  
 RR>  
 RR> Robert Rice 
 RR>  
 RR> --- Maximus/2 3.01 
 
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