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Index of Subjects By all means Fred; entirely OK. Dave. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Schueler" <bckcdb@istar.ca> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 10:39 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Miner's Marsh offleash park... > Quoting David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com>: > > * 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. > > 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" > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2014.0.4714 / Virus Database: 3972/7738 - Release Date: 06/24/14 >
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