cpnichol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> More recently, 3 or 4 years ago, Alcoa, through its Tapoco subsidiary >> (since renamed), hired biologists to survey for RCWs in the same part >> of the park where RCWs occurred in the 1970s and 1980s, as well as on >> nearby Tapoco lands. This survey was conducted as part of Tapoco's >> hydro plant relicensing effort to determine whether Tapoco's new >> license needed to include specific requirements for managing RCWs. >> The survey crew did not find any recent evidence of RCWs or good >> quality habitat for RCWs. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Did anyone really expect Alcoa to report it had located RCW? > > That's like asking the Mafia to search, find and report lost currency. > > Beau Peyton > Germantown, TN > =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the count in which the birds you report were seen. The actual date of observation should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp _____________________________________________________________