[nitehawk]

if i remember right - while living in nyc years back - the us govt gave nyc was to give a large amount of money to build a new highway on the west side of nyc - this highway was to be built with land fill along the hudson river (west side of nyc) - i remember seeing the local newpapers front page with a large check being presented to someone in charge of the project - stop - not so fast - someone found a small fish call the "snail" darter that could not exist if this highway was built - well the highway never got built and i guess the fish still exist - i think - only bad thing is there are now thousands of cars sitting in traffic polluting the already polluted air for hours on end - instead of being able to make their way in and out of nyc with greater ease - long live the snail darter there has to be a middle road for exploration and expansion without going to the extremes