Subject: Re: FWD: [UKBN] ACTION ALERT - Globally Important Bird Area
Date: Jul 1 15:14:32 1998
From: Michael Price - mprice at mindlink.bc.ca


Hi Tweets,

Jane Westervelt & Steve Kalloger asked me to forward this to the list:

M

>> >3) BACKGROUNDER "The San Pedro River to be NAFTA Test Case"
>> >
>> >*****
>> >1) NEWS BRIEF
>> >
>> >On 6-15-98, NAFTA's Commission for Environmental Cooperation released
>> >a public review draft of its long awaited scientific assessment of
>> >water depletion in the upper San Pedro River. Entitled "Sustaining and
>> >Enhancing Riparian Migratory Bird Habitat on the Upper San Pedro
>> >River," the report concludes that the river will dry up, destroying
>> >the nation's first Riparian National Conservation area if serious
>> >efforts are not taken to curtail urban sprawl, superfluous
>> >agriculture, and excessive water pumping.
>
>
>Excuse me, *will* dry up? I didn't see any water to begin with that
>could dry up! Maybe most of the water is running underground,
>because there is quite a riparian corridor along the 'river', but I
>spent a lot of time trying to find water in this channel (okay, so I
>was really trying to find ducks that might be using the water).
>
>Okay, now that I got that out, I'll go read the rest of the post with
>a clearer head.
>jw
>
>P.S. To clarify, we were there at the end of May for anyone who
>missed that post.

>Reply-to: jwesterv at uidaho.edu
>Jane Westervelt
>Steve Kalloger
>Moscow, ID
>