Government and habitat

Dameron, Wanda be496 at lafn.org
Wed May 16 13:18:16 EDT 2001


We've taken many "well-intentioned" conservation related actions,
especially during the last century, and undoubtedly still doing so, for
lack of knowledge.   We must continue our endeavors in learning and to
make that knowledge easily available.   Hallelujah for the computer &
internet!

				Cheers, Wanda Dameron  

"Kondla, Norbert FOR:EX" wrote:
> 
> Ron's examples of habitat destruction by government are well taken. My
> favorite example of misguided habitat alteration is the transformation of
> part of a provincial park in Ontario, Canada. The area once supported
> Plebejus melissa samuelis, which has been extirpated from Canada. Some folks
> thought it would be nice to plant a whole lot of trees in its habitat (after
> all tree planting is always a good thing ???). Sure enough they succeeded in
> creating a nice forest but also succeeded in driving the Karner blue and an
> entire natural ecosystem into extinction. These were not evil people intent
> on wreaking havoc but intent does not matter from the perspective of
> results. it is an interesting world we live in :-)
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Norbert Kondla  P.Biol., RPBio.
> Forest Ecosystem Specialist, Ministry of Environment
> 845 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar, British Columbia V1N 1H3
> Phone 250-365-8610
> Mailto:Norbert.Kondla at gems3.gov.bc.ca
> http://www.env.gov.bc.ca
> 
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