Fwd: California Sees worst Butterfly Season in 35 years
Paul Cherubini
monarch at saber.net
Wed May 10 00:30:15 EDT 2006
Some bad things have been happening to butterfly & bird
habitats in California, but none of the big conservation
societies (like Xerces, NABA or Audubon) has displayed
any interest in them so you may not have heard about
them. So I will tell you.
A State law was passed last year, supported
by both liberal democrats and conservative republicans
that requires home and building owners living in rural or
semi-rural areas to clear a 100 foot wide swath of
vegetation around structures.
http://www.saber.net/~monarch/clra.jpg
The previous standard was 30 feet.
As a result, the landscape of rural California this
spring has been looking more and more like this:
http://www.saber.net/~monarch/clrb.jpg
And here is a real life example of the consequences
to butterfly habitat:
http://www.saber.net/~monarch/clrc.jpg
Paul Cherubini
El Dorado, Calif.
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