Record Low Monarch population expected in Mexico this winter.

[Bob Parcelles,Jr.]

--- "Grkovich, Alex" <agrkovich at tmpeng.com> wrote:
> Paul,
> 
> In this particular point I agree with you. Virtually ALL migratory
> (actually, refer "them" also to the more proper term "dispersal")
> butterfly
> populations are way off all over the northeast and Midwest this
> summer, not
> just Monarchs. Maybe Painted ladies, American Painted Ladies, Red
> Admirals,
> Question Marks, Buckeyes, etc. etc. might ALL have been killed by the
> frost
> and "defoliating and deforesting" in Mexico.
                                    snip.
> 
> Now, lest anyone try to pin on me that I am not a "conservationist"
> and do
> not and would not support "conservationist issues", let me say that
> as a
> "vocational naturalist", I am more than concerned about preservation
> of the
> natural world, and also I can say that I love it very much. I am
> certainly a
> "conservationist" and also supporter of such conservation efforts as
> the
> Miami Blue Butterfly Project, and many other worthy causes. However,
> let me
> state this which I know is truth, and which I can state from my own
> life's
> experience, that Americans and Canadians (and Western Europeans, as
> well)
> are inherently conservation minded, and do not need to have any type
> of
> militant conservationism or any other "movement" or "ideology", too
> often
> with certain unsavory and dangerous purposes (anti-collecting,
> anti-hunting,
> anti-fishing, anti-this or that) forced down their throats. This
> inherent
> trait of ours toward conservationism is the result of the fact that
> we,
> here, are primarily land and property owners, and are citizens. We
> have
> grown up and have been taught to take care of our properties and our
> lands,
> our cities, and our nations. This has become a part of our way of
> life. As I
> said above, we are CITIZENS of our countries, and not merely slaves
> and/or
> serfs to a dictatorship or communist government. We are used to
> cleaning up
> and taking care of what we have and what belongs to us. 

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
ALEX,

Extremely well said! i agree with it all.

BP



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Bob Parcelles, Jr 
Pinellas Park, FL 
Ecologist/Ethologist, RJP Associates
CEO, PROactive Ecology Solutions Group (PESG)
Institute of Ecological and Environmental Studies (IEES)
http://www.Ecology-Today.eboard.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/naturepotpourri

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