I planted six species of hardy eucalypts near the shore of Willapa Bay last
weekend. In an earlier discussion of eucalypts on OBOl someone from
California mentioned warblersand other insect eaters being attracted to
eucalypts to eat ?lerps?. What is a ?lerp? and


On 4/5/06 9:51 AM, "sgmlod at aol.com" <sgmlod at aol.com> wrote:

> Greetings Yet Again
>
> The vigorous defense of introduced species is the result of previous unbridled
> assaults on introduced species as being evil and utterly without value, worthy
> of utter and complete elimination.
>
> This sounds extreme, but look through Tweeters archives.
>
> While these assaults have taken place, I think a lot of folks have been afraid
> to speak out, as saying that an introduced species is valuable is definitely
> not politically correct.
>
> Again, I am not saying that we introduce more species or not eradicate
> introduced species in certain circumstances. I am saying that the knee-jerk
> tendency to remove all introduced species wherever found can be actually
> harmful to our current ecological realities.
>
> Best Wishes
> Steven Mlodinow
>
>
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