>I might add a quote from 2005 from spotted owl expert Dr. Eric Forsman that >occured in the print media: > >``Assuming you find removal is working _ spotted owls move back into their >territories _ are you prepared to do that for the next 10,000 years? >Because as soon as you stop you're right back where you started,'' said >Eric Forsman, a spotted owl biologist for the U.S. Forest Service. > >Stan Moore San Geronimo, CA > > > > > >>From: stan moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: stan moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: draft recovery plan for northern spotted owls raises questions >>about management >>Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 04:43:48 +0000 >>Received: from listserv.umd.edu ([128.8.10.60]) by >>bay0-mc1-f14.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Sun, >>29 Apr 2007 06:53:02 -0700 >>Received: from listserv.umd.edu (IDENT:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[128.8.10.60])by listserv.umd.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id >>l3T8ePtw014992;Sun, 29 Apr 2007 09:53:01 -0400 (EDT) >>X-Message-Info: >>oG9qAjD2BNG7Bys8GNGbQyOy1rzVLcen2LffaRXzKWmv2k+Pat6opE8lC2+O3DlG >>Precedence: list >>List-Help: <http://listserv.umd.edu/cgi-bin/wa?LIST=ECOLOG-L>, >><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ECOLOG-L> >>List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>List-Subscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>List-Owner: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>List-Archive: <http://listserv.umd.edu/cgi-bin/wa?LIST=ECOLOG-L> >>Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>X-OriginalArrivalTime: 29 Apr 2007 13:53:02.0535 (UTC) >>FILETIME=[B4581570:01C78A65] >> >>The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced the completion and >>availability of a new draft recovery plan for the northern spotted owl. >>One >>threat is emphasized primarily in this recovery plan, and it is a threat >>that was essentially non-existent at the time the species was listed. The >>barred owl has experienced a long-term range expansion that has brought it >>into virtually all habitat types occupied by spotted owls and now the >>barred >>owl is considered a threat to the spotted owl. The primary management >>technique emphasized in the recovery plan is lethal control of barred owls >>over vast area and in large numbers. Much of this management (lethal >>control) is for the stated purpose of experimenting to see how the >>management might impact the listed species; in other words, the "threat" >>is >>anecdotal. >> >>Is anyone here aware of a precedent in endangered species protections and >>management in which a competitive species has experienced a huge range >>expansion during the period of listing resulting in a perceived threat to >>the listed species? >> >>I am aware that a year or more ago, a prominent spotted owl species expert >>told me (and stated publicly, I believe) that it would be a practical >>impossibility to kill barred owls sufficiently to protect spotted owls. >>And >>yet now that seems to be the priority of the Fish and Widllife Service for >>recovering spotted owls in a vast geographic area. >> >>Does this not constitute a de facto attempted reversal of a natural range >>expansion of a native species? Does this not mean in reality a permanent >>program of killing barred owls, because if the shotgunning of barred owls >>is >>brought to an end at some point in time, the expansion of the barred owl >>population and threat to spotted owls will resume, leading to further or >>future endangerment? >> >>Something in the logic of this plan seems unworkable to me because the >>plan >>only addresses this issue anecdotally, without exploring the long-term >>ramifications of this management strategy, including looking past the >>projected time of delisting of spotted owls. It seems hard to believe >>that >>spotted owls and barred owls cannot reach some sort of natural equilibrium >>and the idea of a permanent program of killing barred owls just for being >>barred owls is not something that makes a lot of sense to me, as much as I >>want to see spotted owl recovery. Is this the best we can do? >> >>This recovery plan, in my view, has other serious weaknesses, but the >>"shotgun management" approach is particularly distasteful to me in view of >>the geographic and temporal scales that would be necessary. >> >> >>Stan Moore San Geronimo, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>_________________________________________________________________ >>Interest Rates NEAR 39yr LOWS! $430,000 Mortgage for $1,299/mo - >>Calculate >>new payment >>http://www.lowermybills.com/lre/index.jsp?sourceid=lmb-9632-19132&moid=14888 > >_________________________________________________________________ >The average US Credit Score is 675. The cost to see yours: $0 by Experian. >http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=660600&bcd=EMAILFOOTERAVERAGE >
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