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Bill Sniffin has a long distinguished record in dealing
with the environment in Wyoming.
 As
a dedicated and hard-hitting journalist, Bill has often found
himself in the position of having to take a stand on environmental
issues.
Wyoming is famous worldwide for its clean air, clean water
and wide-open spaces. As governor, he would work every day
to maintain these high qualities within the state's borders.
His work as an editor and publisher in Lander offers some
examples of how he works.
In one key instance, he led the fight to keep a large timbering
operation and its teepee burner from locating in Lander Valley.
Lander is an area with low winds and many inversions. Had
that teepee burner been built there, it would have polluted
the air year-around.
As editor of the one of the largest newspapers in Fremont
County, Bill's paper was a forum for proponents and opponents
of the efforts in the early 1990s to store nuclear waste there.
He felt then and he feels now that the people of Wyoming will
never tolerate the storage of nuclear waste within the borders
of the state. As governor, he would continue to oppose the
importation of nuclear waste to Wyoming.
It concerns him that one of the major candidates for governor
in the 2002 election was a major promoter of the nuclear waste
dump effort.
Balance has always guided Bill Sniffin's approach to business
and journalism.
He has seen environmental extremism add extraordinary costs
to worthy projects and worries that sometimes such zeal can
be counter productive.
As governor, his job would be to try to find balance in such
situations.
As a Lander newspaper editor, he watched a local outdoor leadership
school grow into a worldwide leader, when it came to the environmental.
He supports the "Leave No Trace" approach to visiting
wilderness areas, which was pioneered by staff members of
the National Outdoor Leadership School.
He supports keeping an eye on impacts caused to the state¹s
most pristine areas. He believes there should be ways in place
where heavily impacted areas can be rescued and restored as
quickly as possible.
As a consensus builder, Bill Sniffin has worked with leaders
in the federal agencies such as Forest Service, Bureau of
Land Management, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bureau
of Indian Affairs. He sees his role as governor as representing
the people of Wyoming in dealing almost on a daily basis with
leaders of these federal government entities.
Cooperation and communication would be the key components
of my administration in dealing with other governmental agencies,
Bill Sniffin says.
Bill Sniffin likes to tell the following story: "I made
the acquaintance of former astronaut Rusty Schweickart, who
visited Lander one time. He told a story that struck me then
and I believe it so intensely, I would like to pass it along
to you now.
"He said once you view the earth from Space, well, you
will never think of the planet in the same way. He said that
he had heard our planet called Spaceship Earth and that we
were passengers on it as it traveled through the heavens.
"But he said he disagreed with that description. He said
we are not the passengers - - we are the crew. And the difference
between being a passenger and being a member of the crew is
one word Responsibility. "I always liked that."
"So, I as think about us traveling along through space
in Spaceship Wyoming, I want to remind you all that, we are
not just passive passengers I want you to be THE CREW. And
I want you to take responsibility for what happens to this
wonderful place as he head off into our future."
Wyoming has the finest environment in the USA.
If elected governor, Bill Sniffin intends to keep it that
way.
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Authorized by William C. Sniffin
Contributions or gifts to Bill Sniffin for Governor 2002 are
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Bill Sniffin for Governor - P.O. Box 900 Lander, WY 82520
(307) 332-3111, ext. 17
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