By "assisted migration" is he talking about things like when Joe Duff has helped establish a new population of whooping cranes by hand raising them and then teaching them to fly and migrate with an ultralight? Are there even any other examples of that? I always thought that was a cool story. Wendee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wendee Holtcamp * Freelance Writer * Photographer * Bohemian http://www.wendeeholtcamp.com Bohemian Adventures Blog * http://bohemianadventures.blogspot.com The Fish Wars: A Christian Evolutionist http://thefishwars.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Online Writing Course! Starting Aug 4. Sign Up Online!
-----Original Message----- From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Inouye Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 10:14 AM To: [email protected] Subject: assisted migration John Nielsen, a Correspondent on the Science Desk at NPR News in Washington DC is working on a story about "assisted migration" as it relates to global climate change. "I have heard that while there are no "official" translocations taking place at the moment, there's a lively scientific debate going on about whether there will or should be." "I'd like to hear what the folks who subscribe to the ECOLOG listserve think of "assisted migration.""
