David and colleagues Thanks for letting us know. I hope everyone takes a moment to link to this website David shared below and writes their congressional representatives as Science and outstanding international conservation and US based efforts seem to be disappearing without notice.
> https://www.ecowatch.com/un-biosphere-reserve-2442151611.html?xrs=RebelMouse_fb&ts=1497542727 This is very troubling… of those 17 sites removed from UNESCO in the west where I now reside now include the well known Three Sisters Wilderness, H.J Andrews (used widely for education and research, both in Oregon; Konza Prairie in Kansas and the California Coast Ranges. Remarkably, in the Eastern US, it also includes, one of the iconic landmarks for studying the effects of deforestation on ecosystem nutrient cycling, Hubbard Brook. The quoted list from the website is below "Sites that have been withdrawn by the US sites are: Aleutian Islands; Beaver Creek; California Coast Ranges; Carolinian South Atlantic; Central Plains; Coram; Desert; Fraser; H.J. Andrews; Hubbard Brook; Konza Prairie Research Natural Area; Land Between the Lake; Niwot Ridge; Noatak; Stanislas-Tuolumne; Three Sisters; Virgin Islands." Note: in a quick search to see what is still on the web, I came across forest scientist Jerry Franklin's landmark summary and map of the the rationale and development of these sites, published originally in Science at https://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs_exp_forests/coram/rmrs_1977_franklin_j001.pdf I don't know how long some of these secondary sources will still be on line. Note this is a federal link. I downloaded a pdf copy and of course its accessible thru Science but I hope folks will try to directly access these related resources before they disappear. Two conferences are set to begin this week and next in Portland, OR (Evolution, SSE), and Ft Worth Texas (Botany 2017), and Ft Worth Texas. ESA convenes in August in Portland OR as well. I hope there will be productive discussions about how to create better understanding and awareness among scientists, citizens, educations, and policy decision makers. We have our work cut out for us and how we act, discuss, vote matter! Best regards Susan Kephart Dr. Susan R Kephart Professor of Biology Willamette University Salem, OR 97301 skephart[at]willamette.edu On Jun 20, 2017, at 6:40 AM, David Inouye <[email protected]> wrote: > https://www.ecowatch.com/un-biosphere-reserve-2442151611.html?xrs=RebelMouse_fb&ts=1497542727 > > > -- > Dr. David W. Inouye > Professor Emeritus > Department of Biology > University of Maryland > College Park, MD 20742-4415 > [email protected] > > Principal Investigator > Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory > PO Box 519 > Crested Butte, CO 81224
