At 10:25 PM 8/10/99 -0700, Kelly Mcallister wrote:
>
>
>On Tue, 10 Aug 1999, Jon. Anderson and Marty Chaney wrote:
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>> I wonder when we're going to realize that Starlings, House Sparrows,
>> Eastern Gray Squirrels, Nutria, lawn grasses, yellow iris, and
>> Eurasian-Americans are all now a part of the Pacific Northwest native
>> environment.
>
>Good points, Jon.. (Jon's name has one period and then you put in another
>to end the sentence, right?).
>
>I have definitely tempered my harsh attitudes toward these exotics. I think
>that great harm has been and is being done by exotics but it's not realistic
>to expect to change it and persecuting a few individual animals is futile
>and barbaric. However, in some instances, persecution to reach a reasonably
>attainable goal for maintaining or restoring a native species makes sense to
>me. Usually, this takes place in a restricted geographic area but it can make
>a difference.

There's a nice survey article regarding the whole problem of
introduced species, pest and otherwise, in this month's
issue of "BioScience", for those interested.



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