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Index of Subjects On 6/24/2014 9:39 PM, Fred Schueler wrote: > * I trust it will be okay with you if I quote this to the Ontario Herp > Atlas page? My main thought about 'coons is that, charming as they may > be individually, the main ecological response of humanity to their > numbers should be to exploit their delicious character - it's not just > dogs that used eat them. * sorry this went to the list - I don't fully understand the reply functions on my two e-mail. fred. ===================================== >> a key message that I have attempted to convey many times, with >> limited success it seems, is the overriding importance of habitat and >> this includes air, water, climate and freedom from disruptions. >> >> If these necessary conditions are out of whack and getting >> whackier then the only thing protected when you deliniate a 'protected >> area' is the delusion that the life forms within that area are thereby >> protected. >> >> The Painted Turtle is a good example of an animal that has a dim >> future due mostly to good intentions gone sour. Some 70 years ago they >> were abundant in every pond on our Cornwallis River meadow in >> Cambridge. Seeing a Raccoon track there, in any of the numerous muddy >> areas, was a big event. Dogs were not chained then and any Raccoon >> that came near settlement was likely to be given a canine escort to >> elsewhere. We grew corn every year, some fields ~1/4 mile from the >> nearest house and never lost a cob to Raccoons. >> >> Unfortunately we now have the mirror image of the above, dogs not >> allowed to run and Raccoons abundant everywhere. This would all be >> harmless enough except for one circumstance. Raccoons are fond of >> turtle eggs and quickly learn when and where to look for them. >> >> Raccoons numbers were lowered by disease recently but that will be >> temporary. As I noted some years ago on Naturens ~15?), those who want >> to save Painted Turtles should build Raccoon barriers over turtle egg >> laying sites. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad > Daily Paintings - http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/ > Vulnerable Watersheds - http://vulnerablewaters.blogspot.ca/ > study our books - http://pinicola.ca/books/index.htm > RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, Canada K0G 1T0 > on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W > (613)258-3107 <bckcdb at istar.ca> http://pinicola.ca/ > striving to be, with Rachel Carson, > "fanatic defender[s] of the cult of the balance of nature" > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad Daily Paintings - http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/ Vulnerable Watersheds - http://vulnerablewaters.blogspot.ca/ study our books - http://pinicola.ca/books/index.htm RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, Canada K0G 1T0 on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W (613)258-3107 <bckcdb at istar.ca> http://pinicola.ca/ ------------------------------------------------------------
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