The Rattlesnake Hill Wildlife Management Area is a 5,100 acre upland tract, situated approximately eight miles west of Dansville, New York. Roughly two-thirds of the area lies in southern Livingston County, while the remaining third lies in northern Allegany County. The tract was purchased in the 1930’s under the Federal Resettlement Administration and is one of several such areas turned over to DEC for development as a wildlife management area.
The area is appropriately named after the Timber Rattlesnake, which may be occasionally found in the more remote sections of the “Hill”.
The area offers an interesting blend of upland habitats such as mature woodland, overgrown fields, conifer plantations, old growth apple orchards and open meadows.
The area is inhabited by a variety of game species and is open to public hunting. The white-tailed deer, wild turkey, ruffed grouse, grey squirrel, cottontail rabbit and woodcock are found on the area. An occasional snowshoe hare may be observed adjacent to thick creek bottom brush or conifer plantation habitats.
A number of small marsh units have been developed and provide limited hunting for waterfowl. Some of the area’s furbearing species such as mink, beaver and raccoon may be occasionally viewed at these marsh units.
I am not particularly concerned about the wealth gap between the rich and the poor. The problem is not wealth, its income and the ability to save rather than consume. Too much promotion is put on consumption, too little is put on savings and investments.
People are bombarded with advertising constantly, asking them to go out and buy more stuff that they subsequently have to pay to get rid of at the landfill. Stuff that could instead be turned into investment and future gain – both in economic growth and personal savings.
Most poor people today have fancy, enormous color televisions and cable TV that blasts in advertising and violence to one’s home 24-7. They get caught up in upsetting news stories and think they need fancy things to live the good life. They pay enormously for high speed internet service and keep their homes toasty all winter with fossil fuel heat and frigid all some with coal powered air conditioning.
To be sure, I wish primary schools would invest more in financial education and budgeting. Education should emphasize frugality not consumption. People should be educated about the evils of debt, encouraged to invest rather than borrow.
I understand poor people live with very tight budgets due to limited income. But budgets can be stretched, savings can be prioritized over spending and borrowing. Wealth can be grown, even in the most megar of budgets.
List of (13th Lake Campsites and Lean-Tos) Thirteenth Lake Campsites and Lean-Tos
Here is a list of (13th Lake Campsites and Lean-Tos) Thirteenth Lake Campsites and Lean-Tos with coordinates. There is no 13th Lake Campsite 1 anymore, it was removed to allow more room for people to launch kayaks. You can also get this as a Google Sheet for ease of downloading into your GPS.
There is a popular Internet meme that goes along these lines:
“I am poor. So when I hear my car making a noise,
rather then taking it to the repair shop, I just turn up the radio.”
This kind of reminds me of the hype over fracking for oil and gas. It was a good distraction for a while — and indeed the United States got a big boost in it’s oil production for a while — it seems like as fast as the oil glut came it is now going away. A booming global economy has expanded the world’s thirst for this economy, and with Middle East production on a decline, it seems like it’s only a matter of time that we remember the serious energy crisis our world faces in the future. ⛽
There are politicians all over that like to believe we live in a sea of oil, and that suburbia will last forever. Indeed, a good portion of the green minded people think that once we switch over to electric plug-in cars powered by distant solar cells, motoring can go on care free, with no concerns about the resources being consumed or emissions being produced away from the tailpipe. But at some point, no matter how long you stick year head into the ground, our long term habit of expanding the population and feeling richer by burning more oil each year, will come to bite us. 🐲
Nobody knows when the global oil crisis will truly bite us. High oil prices once again may spur conservation and innovation like new fracking techniques 🛢 but the truth is the oil fueled party can’t go on forever. I like my big jacked up truck, but I’m not stupid — I know the world of ever growing demand for oil is going to be confronted by reality at some point. And the next result isn’t going to be pretty. Climate change, expensive energy, massive reductions in consumption are going to be the future. While there may be some benefit to some, the next effect will be serious impacts to millions who are forced to make dramatic changes in how they live and go through life.
Think about how truly bad it will be should it play out.
Then try to avoid thinking about it as it’s making you anxious.
Things could go terribly wrong, but chances are they won’t. Sometimes they do but those are the exceptions not the rule.
Reasoning with anxiety works in your more rational moments but during an anxiety attack, it’s a terrible idea as your not being rational in the moment. Set the problem aside and move on to other things for now.
Dewelling on the problem in your mind is only going to make it worse, even if you are trying to suppress the thought. Take deep breath, accept it for what it is, and just move on. When you are anxious you aren’t paying attention to other important things and your more likely to overlook other critical things – that could cause actual harm or problems.
They say, your problems are all in your head. And many of them are. It’s that simple and you focus on other things you can make your life better.
