I could not have said it better myself........agree!!! And another yahoo
for No More 48 too.

Roger Olstad
Univ. of Washington, Seattle

On Wed, 8 Nov 1995, M. Smith wrote:

> On Wed, 8 Nov 1995, Emily & Leonard Mandelbaum wrote:
> > where all those cliff swallows nest in summer (where do the swallows go
> > year trial. Will the swallows return and try to next another year if the
> > dogs scare them away during the trial year? Last winter I saw a couple
> > snow buntings on that beach altho I have no idea if it's a preferred
> > area for them.
>
> Emily, I doubt the swallows will have a problem with dogs, unless the
> dogs figure out how to climb cement walls. Swallows seem to not mind
> interacting with humans. A building I used to hold classes in had Barn
> Swallows nesting in it, and they coexisted with us, no big deal. And as
> for the Snow Buntings, congratulations on seeing them, but that can
> hardly be considered a 'preferred area' for them.
>
> > Maybe I'm over reacting on this but I don't see the non-significance
> > of this project, so please let me know. Thanks. I typed this awfully
>
> I think many people will overreact to this issue. Just to clarify
> things, I don't own a dog, but I am certainly a dog fan. Still, I
> believe objectively that this proposal is a good thing. The real thing
> that needs to be monitored is how much poop the owners leave laying
> around. If that gets to be a nuisance, no more leash-free area. Or
> perhaps charge dog-owners a small fee to pay for a poop picker-upper (any
> volunteers?). But I think using wildlife as the justification for
> keeping dogs on-leash at Magnuson isn't really objective. That place is
> full of species which are there because people are (or because people
> have altered the area). And as for dogs chasing rodents around, I think
> the only ones they'd catch there would of the genus _Rattus_.
>
> Just my humble opinion.
>
> And yahoo for defeat of 48!!!!!
>
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> Michael R. Smith
> Univ. of Washington, Seattle
> whimbrel at u.washington.edu
> http://salmo.cqs.washington.edu/~wagap/mike.html
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