To return to a previous posting, what would you use to describe fish 
raceways, such as those used to help salmon bypass dams? I cannot think of a 
better term than "assisted migration".

Bill Silvert

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "DAVID WHITACRE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 9:26 PM
Subject: assisted "migration" (not)


> "Migration" is the repeated movement back and forth of a population. =
> This new phrase "assisted migration", in contrast, seems to apply to =
> human assistance in dispersal/range extension, to compensate for climate =
> change.
>
> Clearly the term is already spawning confusion. I suggest we banish it =
> in its infancy, and use a term such as "assisted dispersal", "species =
> translocation", or something that accurately describes the idea.
>
> Dave Whitacre 

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