More than a dozen campus organizations requested that OU have
a
public hearing on Dysart Woods, giving OU until Friday to respond.
Permit seven would disrupt the watershed that supports Dysart
Woods, and should be stopped, OU said up until the last few months.
Though the science is unchanged, lately OU reversed its position,
saying it would be too difficult to stop permit 7. "This political
backsliding may well spell the demise of one of our last ancient forests,
unless citizens act," said Environmentalist Chad Kister. "The
least OU
could do is hold a public hearing on this clearly important issue."
Kister was voted the "Best media figure" of Athens in today's
Athens News, as well as being voted the "Best Leading Citizen of Athens"
in Monday's edition.