Subject: Canada Geese removal
Date: May 6 11:55:48 1999
From: Ruth Taylor - rutht at seanet.com


Hi Ed, Tweets.
Ed, anytime you speak out on environmental politics, it's always interesting
and thought-provoking. Many bright, decent, and caring people equate a nice
lawn with an attractive living environment for their families. While I agree
that lawns are probably a bad thing, it's going to take years to educate
people on that issue.
But what do we do with all these geese in the meantime????
(BTW, on the nighthawks - I'm not one to defend crows, but I think the
decline in nighthawks is believed to be linked to a decline in insects.
That's a whole other issue.)

Ruth Taylor
Seattle

At 11:56 PM 5/5/99 PDT, Ed Newbold wrote:
>I wanted to respond to Kelly Mcallister's basically rational question, what is
>wrong with culling the goose herd? I have a soft spot for Kelly's argument
>because I think it's important for us politically to retain the right of
>lethal removal for wildlife management, such as removing cowbirds from
>Kirtland Warbler areas or gulls from puffin rocks.
> This is a very different situation. Canada Geese are grazers that live on
>lawn. I believe the appeal of lawns has to be broken or it will ultimately
>destroy the world. (By the way, nobody has any data but I bet it was
Crows >that wiped out the common Nighthawk as a breeder here) .