Hi Jenny, I added your name to the subject line, just in case you don't read every response, and you might not see this. Your overpass story reminded me of an incident that happened several years ago when I was travelling to Canada through New York State. I had gone up the Northeast Extension of the PA Turnpike and gotten on whatever Insterstate it meets up with in New York State. Way up that highway, at least 3/4 of the way to Canada, the traffic stopped completely and then picked up a little (there wasn't much traffic, luckily). It turned out that there were a couple of deer on the overpass, so everyone stopped, so as not to scare them too much. It all worked out fine in the end, for the deer and the drivers on the highway.
Barry --- On Fri, 5/22/09, JennyNYC <[email protected]> wrote: From: JennyNYC <[email protected]> Subject: [ENTS] Re: Moose in Minnesota To: "ENTSTrees" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, May 22, 2009, 4:33 PM ENTS, Ah! Poor Mooses! They don't seem to be in decline in Maine. Maybe climate change hasn't become an issue. I actually collect "Man and Moose" stories from Maine. The Moose in this latest story (hope the link works) fell off an overpass and on top of an oncoming truck. Driver was safe, but moose "landed on his head and died right off". Unknown man driving by stopped and asked "can I have the moose?", the police chief said yes. The Maine Department of Public Safety says that "Moose continue to be Maine’s most dangerous animal". If that's true, Maine is a very safe place. About 15 deaths since 1992!? Pretty low number for Maine. And, awful story, a friend of mine died when he ran into a moose on his motorcycle. The moose "walked away unharmed". It's not a very dignified death, is it (this is Maine humor, forgive me friend Robby!)? http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/6329334.html Jenny On May 22, 6:20 pm, Gary A Beluzo <[email protected]> wrote: > Lee et al, > > There have been 2-3 moose behind my house in Westfield, MA. The > moose herd is growing here. Just saw tracks 200yards behind my house > this morning! > > When I was a kid 30-40 years ago, there were no moose, bear, turkeys, > coyotes on my area. But nature has reclaimed the fallow pasture land > enabling large mammals and > Spring ephemerals to follow. > > Gary > > Gary A. Beluzo > Professor of Environmental Science > SEM Division > Holyoke Community College > 303 Homestead Avenue > Holyoke, MA 01040 > > 413 552-2445 > [email protected] > > "exploring in ecological space and evolutionary time..." > > On May 22, 2009, at 5:52 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > > > > Hi Lee; > > > In regards to why the moose are disappearing: > > > --is there a state moose hunt? ...couldn't resist :>) > > --could those onerous ticks be guilty of carrying diseases we don't > > know > > of yet? > > > I love the taste of moose meat but I sure want to continue to hear > > moose > > bugling across the expanse of a lake... keep up posted on the > > Committee's > > findings. Thanks. > > > Michele > > >> Lee wrote, as he was dashing out the door: > > >> Speaking of Duluth--I have to go there right now for the Moose > >> Advisory > >> Committee (a group given the assignment of figuring out why moose are > >> disappearing in MN and advising the state how to manage the > >> situation). > > >> Lee --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
