Government and habitat

[Ron Gatrelle]

I saw this exact same thing in Michigan about 15 years ago. Smack in the
middle of a large samuelis area. A local lepster took me to the spot. I
have no idea where it is (was).
Ron

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kondla, Norbert FOR:EX" <Norbert.Kondla at gems3.gov.bc.ca>
To: "'lepsl'" <leps-l at lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 11:30 AM
Subject: Government and habitat


> 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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