Monarch die-off at the San Andres overwintering colony - up date

[David Webster]

Paul Cherubini wrote:
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> New York Times,Friday, Jan. 26, 1996
> Mexico - Logging in Mexico Imperils Butterflies
> by HOMERO ARIDJIS and LINCOLN P. BROWER:

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> "The Monarch's existence is threatened by the cutting of the
> remaining Oyamel forests. When intact, a forest serves as an umbrella
> and blanket, protecting the butterflies from freezing rains. The logging
> creates gaps that allow rain and snow to fall through the forest canopy
> and onto the butterfly clusters. As the weather clears, the life- sustaining
> heat radiated from the butterflies' bodies leaks out through these
> holes in the blanket of trees and the monarchs freeze to death."
>

Hi Paul and All,                Mar 30, 2001
  The above quotation, which I assume to be correct because I have seen similar
statements from several sources, is typical of the bullology which is generated or
sanctioned by many conservation and environmental groups.
    Can anyone direct me to a conservation/environmental organization which tackles
the real problems faced by the natural world (e.g. per capita energy consumption)
as opposed to contrived ones ?
    This is not a rhetorical question. I am on a genuine search for a worthy
organization.
Yours truly,
Dave Webster, Kentville, Nova Scotia


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> Paul Cherubini, Placerville, Calif.
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