[EMAS] Re: WWC & Hooper Ln.: Lincoln's Ss, Marsh Ws - 10/5, 10/6/14

  • From: Gwenda Ledbetter <bahpu80@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Leonard Pardue <eljeep129@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 14:53:41 -0400

Len as usual has wisdom to pertain to this. You mentioned having people
know about this so they can be aware.
I've just been to JonesboroughTenn's Storytelling Festival where I heard my
friend, Bill Harley,do a ninety minute piece about taking care of our home..
The Earth.
Gwenda LedBetter

On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 2:49 PM, Leonard Pardue <eljeep129@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Steve, what a loss and a shame. After you get over the shock, maybe folks
> who have heard about this crime could help you consider remedies and next
> steps. Report to the sheriff? Seek coverage from local press? Try again in
> a more secure setting?
>
> Len Pardue
>
> On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 2:13 PM, Gwenda Ledbetter <bahpu80@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Der Steve,
>> My heart aches for your loss which is also ours.
>> Gwenda LedBetter
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 2:02 PM, Kenneth Anderson <kenhanderson@xxxxxxxxxx
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> The account of your loss is so tragic.  We all feel for you. Your rage
>>> seems well-controlled.  I hope a witness will appear.   Ken Anderson
>>> P.s. Thx so much for your excellent pictures.
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>
>>> > On Oct 7, 2014, at 12:30 AM, Steve Ritt <stevenmritt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > I made a quick run around the Warren Wilson College field below the
>>> red WWC barn yesterday before sunset and had:
>>> > Lincoln's Sparrow - at least 4
>>> > Grasshopper Sparrow - 1
>>> > Swamp Sparrow - 11 (scattered elsewhere locally, but this seemed like
>>> a good number for early October)
>>> > Bobolink - 2
>>> >
>>> > Today, I had a Marsh Wren on private property near the Asheville
>>> Airport, and re-found one of Simon T's Marsh Ws at Hooper Lane. Wayne F.
>>> had two Lincoln's Sparrows and a Peregrine Falcon at Hooper. A few Bobolink
>>> remain. The winds kicked up, and I headed to Jackson Park.
>>> >
>>> > Jackson Park was absolutely dead. I ended up with eight warblers today
>>> overall. Neotropical migrant activity has really died out fast in the past
>>> few days.
>>> >
>>> > I kicked up a Wilson's Snipe off Hwy. 25 in Mountain Home.
>>> >
>>> > Some of you know that botany was my first natural passion way before I
>>> got into birds. Some of you may know that I have been passionate about
>>> growing rare, native woodland medicinal plants for years in Madison County.
>>> I have always been aware of the risks involved with doing this, but I
>>> finally got hit hard last week. I suppose I'm in shock. I haven't let it
>>> set in yet, but I lost 1/2 an acre of the most beautiful, healthy, simply
>>> amazing seven-year-old American Ginseng ever. It was poached clean by my
>>> neighbors days before I got back in town. I'm absolutely heartbroken. The
>>> holes in the ground hurt like holes in my heart. The monumental monetary
>>> loss is one thing, but the years of love, labor, and hope that I have lost
>>> from this are absolutely crushing. I will never see that land the same way
>>> again. It was the prime motivation for my buying the land, and it was my
>>> deepest dream to cultivate this land into a productive sanctuary. Perhaps
>>> some of you have experienced this loss, and perhaps some of you are
>>> considering growing. Take warning. The risks are real. They're getting
>>> higher. The future of our native medicinal plants is dismal.
>>> >
>>> > A few recent pics are attached.
>>> >
>>> > Steve Ritt
>>> > Asheville, NC
>>> >
>>> > <MAWR 10.6.14.JPG>
>>> > <LISP1 10.5.14.JPG>
>>> > <LISP2 10.5.14.JPG>
>>> > <LISP3 10.5.14.JPG>
>>> > <egrets2 10.4.14.JPG>
>>> > <egrets 10.4.14.JPG>
>>> > <AMGP 10.3.14.JPG>
>>> > <GCTH 10.3.14.JPG>
>>>
>>>
>>
>

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