[va-richmond-general] Re: Why kill Double-crested Cormorants???

" I don't know what kind of response to expect but your question was
thoughtfully presented and would be a great article and wonderful "food for
thoutht"."

Don't worry, I won't "bother" the list with my response.

Irene



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Caroline Coe" <johncaroline@xxxxxxxx>
To: <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 6:43 PM
Subject: [va-richmond-general] Re: Why kill Double-crested Cormorants???


> Ralph,
>
> I'd like to include your letter to Irene in the next Thrasher - under
> your name and without Irene's name.  We can edit out  " I would be
> interested in  your comments ... and those of others in the biriding
> community" or not depending on what you wish.  I don't know what kind of
> response to expect but your question was thoughtfully presented and would
> be a great article and wonderful "food for thoutht".
>
> Please let me know your thoughts!!
>
> The maples have done their thing and now there's no stopping spring - we
> might stall a bit and have a wet March or April snow - but the sun is
> coming back and will not be denied!!
>
> Love it.
>
> Caroline
>
> On Thu, 4 Mar 2004 15:22:56 EST JRiverPk@xxxxxxx writes:
> > Irene,
> >        I tried to send you a long e-mail, but got cut off by a
> > cranky
> > machine.  I am interested in your thoughts about what we as
> > environmentalists should
> > do, if anything, about the increase in plant and wildlife
> > populations that
> > result from our cleaning up the environment.  As a park manager I
> > must deal with
> > this issue.
> >
> >        There is amoral and ethical quandry.  Our predecessors made
> > things
> > dirty. We passed laws that stopped the bad stuff ... and now we are
> > cleaning up.
> > As a result, wild plants and creatures are coming back, but the
> > environmental
> > mix, the balance, isn;t there any more.
> >
> >        Are we responsible for helping re-create a rich and varried
> > (sustainable) enviornment .... or are we no longer obligated to do
> > anything once we stop
> > doing bad things.  For example, do we keep our hands off the English
> > Ivy that
> > is killing off our large urban trees and making space for
> > fast-growing
> > invasives like Ailanthus trees?   And if is is OK to manage invasive
> > wildfowers like
> > Purple Loosestrife and Garlic Mustard by pulling them up, poisoning,
> > mowing
> > and / or re-seeding, is it ever OK to kill or remove wild animals?
> >
> >          For instance, what should we do with the increasing
> > population of
> > whitetailed deer that are munching their way through suburban shrubs
> > and
> > vegetable gardens and inadvertqantly causing horrific automobile
> > accidents that
> > result in human death and crippling injuries.  should they ever be
> > "culled"? (Of
> > course, that means killed.)  Are there acceptable and  unacceptable
> > ways of
> > doing this? Similarly, the raccoon population has exploded and with
> > it a rise in
> > the incidence of rabies and distemper.  The first of these is a
> > truly horrific
> > disease for humans to catch.  Should these be culled?  Or should we
> > imposed
> > laws on people's behavior and require the purchase of raccoon-proof
> > trash
> > containers for all homes, businesses and city parks (that means
> > higher taxes for the
> > latter effort).
> >
> >        If it is OK to manage the population of certain plants and
> > animals
> > that have a negative impact on the quality and safety of our lives,
> > is it ever OK
> > to manage the population of creatures that we feel will have a
> > positive
> > impact?  How about Eagles, or shad and herring?  We, obviously, are
> > spending public
> > monies on all these.
> >
> >        If you are trying to restore depleted populations of shad
> > here (or
> > salmon up north,) is it ever appropriate to control their predators?
> > If not, why?
> >  If so, how?
> >
> >        Many mangers of natural areas are facing these kinds of
> > questions;
> > most of us consider ourselves to be environmentalists.  I would be
> > interested in
> > your comments ... and those of others in the biriding community.
> >
> >                 Ralph White
> >                 James River Park
> >
> >
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