Are these the same people (TWRA) "protecting" the trumpeter swans? This answers a lot of questions. Cindy Mitchell Clarksdale, MS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charlie" <cmmbirds@xxxxxxxxx> To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 3:20 PM Subject: [tn-bird] TWRA article (Troy might not want to read this...) > > Hi Folks, > > I just got around to checking out the Nov/Dec issue of Tennessee > Wildlife, and was rather irritated by the irresponsible, and, well > for lack of a better word, stupid item I found on page 10. > > This was in a (not-well-written) self-congratulatory article written > by Jerry Bailey about the things being done by Tennessee Wildlife > Resources Foundation. The article (ad?) was about the money TWRF is > getting on the behalf of TWRA. I understand this is much-needed > money for an organization that recieves no state funding - that is > not my beef here. > > My problem is that the first picture you see, centered at the top of > the page, is a **House Sparrow** Yes, a non-native pest that is one > of the biggest problems faced by our native Bluebirds, woodpeckers, > Chickadees, Titmice, swallows and Purple Martins. At first I > chuckled, thinking that some copy editor who can't tell a Wood Duck > from a Flamingo put in a pretty picture, not knowing what it was. > But the caption was the real killer - the evidense that SOMEONE > doesn't know what end is up... > > "Money to preserve the habitat for our declining songbirds like this > house sparrow..." > > What do they propose to do, build more houses? Return horses to city > streets? And who says the HOSP is declining? I wish it were true. > > Then, to add insult to injury, at the end of the article, Bailey is > listing some of Tennessee's wonderful biological diversity, and > mentions boars!! Another non-native animal that is actively reducing > native diversity. If this is what "wildlife experts" write in a > magazine, it's no wonder that we suffer the environmental woes we do. > > Ok, the soapbox is now free to the next bellyacher... > > Charlie > > > > > ===== > ************************************************** > Charlie Muise, Senior Naturalist > Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont > Townsend, TN lat 35 deg, 38'23" long 83 deg, 41'22" > > "Do something. If it works, do it again. If it does not work, do something else. But above all else: Do Something." (Franklin Delano Roosevelt) > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! > http://mail.yahoo.com/ > =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== > > The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with > first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. > ----------------------------------------------------- > 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. > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society > web site at http://www.tnbirds.org > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > TN-Bird Net Owner: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN > jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423) 764-3958 > ========================================================= > > =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- 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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net Owner: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423) 764-3958 =========================================================