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It is with deep regret that I am unable to cite the specific reference for
what I am about to write. I have frequently attributed it to John Clark's
Ecosystem Management while knowing that's inaccurate. However
] On Behalf Of David M. Lawrence
Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 6:37 PM
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I highly doubt we can do better than nature for most other species on
the planet -- the only species we can do a better job than even nature
can do is our own
: [ECOLOG-L] Natural systems
It's true that natural is just semantics in some contexts, but defining
the term can affect the way our public lands are managed. See for example
the Biological Integrity, Diversity, and Environmental Health Policy of
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Here is one
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Brian
Sent: Sat 3/7/2009 5:09 PM
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Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Natural systems
It's true that natural is just semantics in some contexts, but defining the
term can affect the way our
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[mailto:ecolo...@listserv.umd.edu]on Behalf Of Geoffrey Patton
Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 19:09
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Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Natural systems
Dear Good Ecologers:
While Dr. Czech has produced an elegant and exhaustive treatise on the
application
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[mailto:ecolo...@listserv.umd.edu]on Behalf Of Geoffrey Patton
Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 19:09
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Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Natural systems
Dear Good Ecologers:
While Dr. Czech has produced an elegant and exhaustive treatise
It's true that natural is just semantics in some contexts, but defining the
term can affect the way our public lands are managed. See for example the
Biological Integrity, Diversity, and Environmental Health Policy of the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service. Here is one proposal for a frame of
The term 'natural' is not considered by most to be a 'good' term to
use in scientific articles. It is better to use terms/phrases such as
undistrubed, minimally disturbed, etc. At first, this may seem like a
nit-picky idea as, of course we all know what natural is! Well, maybe
not. Many
what we're talking about here.
Cordially yours,
Geoff Patton, Ph.D.
2208 Parker Ave., Wheaton, MD 20902 301.221.9536
--- On Sat, 3/7/09, Czech, Brian cz...@vt.edu wrote:
From: Czech, Brian cz...@vt.edu
Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Natural systems
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