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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0214_01C9054D.83C84290 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Back when I taught Driver Education we used to have a report on the = number of deer killed by cars on the road - a surprisingly high number = killed. I think we would have a surprisingly large number of raccoons killed. I = don't seem to see as many porcupines killed as we used to - maybe = because I drive a lot less. Roland. =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Brian Bartlett=20 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 3:57 PM Subject: [NatureNS] Raccoon roadkill In the past week, I've seen what seems a more than usual number of dead = raccoons on highways: two plump, healthy adult raccoons on the road from = Halifax to Lawrencetown, then two more today in the short stretch from = Halifax to Bedford. Has anyone else observed a noticeable increase in = raccoon roadkill? Or maybe I'm not enough of a highway driver to = recongize those numbers as nothing unusual? And does any one know if the = Dept, of Natural Resources -- or some other institution -- does counts = to monitor roadkill "populations" from year to year? Brian No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com=20 Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.7/1629 - Release Date: = 8/23/2008 1:16 PM ------=_NextPart_000_0214_01C9054D.83C84290 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6000.16705" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Back when I taught Driver Education we = used to have=20 a report on the number of deer killed by cars on the road - a = surprisingly high=20 number killed.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I think we would have a surprisingly = large number=20 of raccoons killed. I don't seem to see as many porcupines killed as we = used to=20 - maybe because I drive a lot less.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Roland.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> </FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----=20 <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A=20 title=3Dbbartlett@eastlink.ca = href=3D"mailto:bbartlett@eastlink.ca">Brian=20 Bartlett</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> = </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, August 23, 2008 3:57 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Raccoon roadkill</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>In the past week, I've seen what seems = a more than=20 usual number of dead raccoons on highways: two plump, healthy adult = raccoons on=20 the road from Halifax to Lawrencetown, then two more today in the short = stretch=20 from Halifax to Bedford. Has anyone else observed a noticeable increase = in=20 raccoon roadkill? Or maybe I'm not enough of a highway driver to = recongize those=20 numbers as nothing unusual? And does any one know if the Dept, of = Natural=20 Resources -- or some other institution -- does counts to monitor = roadkill=20 "populations" from year to year?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Brian</FONT></DIV><PRE>No virus found = in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com=20 Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.7/1629 - Release Date: = 8/23/2008 1:16 PM </PRE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0214_01C9054D.83C84290--
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