[leps-talk] Re:Glassberg

[Hank & Priscilla Brodkin]

Paul Cherubini wrote:
> 
>
> Other NABA chapters, such as the Eugene-Springfield Oregon one
> certainly do discourage or disparage collecting:
> 
> "All field trip leaders are expected to follow the NABA-ES field trip guidelines:"
> http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabaes/images/Field_Trip_Guidelines.PDF
> 
> "Capturing butterflies with nets should be minimized and used only for educational
> or identification purposes. Collecting is not allowed on NABA  Eugene-Springfield
> trips.  As much as possible, rely on identifying butterflies with binoculars and
> photographs."

Paul -
We do not use nets on our SEABA field trips either.  They are organized
like birding trips.  NABA is interested in the"non-conumptive enjoyment
of butterflies" -I never said otherwise.  BUT THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT
MOST MEMBERS ARE ANTI-COLLECTING OR WANT TO DEPRIVE COLLECTORS OF THERE
LEGITIMATE, INTERESTING AND LEGAL PURSUITS.  And it also does not mean
that NABA members are forbidden to collect. MANY DO!!! Our field trips
tend to contain 15 to 20 people.  Imagine what would happen if all those
folks started waving nets around.  IT WOULD NOT WORK!!!
Also if there were the odd person on the field trip who equates
collecting with disobeying the Geneva Conventions, they would not be
made to feel uncomfortable.

I hate to shout - but some of you folks just don't seem to get it!
-- 
	             Hank & Priscilla Brodkin
	          Carr Canyon, Cochise County, AZ
                   Send Mailto:hankb at theriver.com
             SouthEast Arizona Butterfly Association
          http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabasa/home.html
         "Butterflies of Arizona - a Photographic Guide" 
           by Bob Stewart, Priscilla and Hank Brodkin 
         http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabasa/book.html

 
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