<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Interior Secretary Kempthorne gets award for record refusal to protect endangered species]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Biodiversivist http://www.grist.org/article/dirks-dodo/ Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:35:56 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/dirks-dodo/1 Congratulations Dirk

Hope you don't go down in infamny for letting a species go extinct on your watch. Maybe it is time for a better idea, folks. This litigation business is clumsy and expensive.  

In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world

]]> Congratulations Dirk

Hope you don't go down in infamny for letting a species go extinct on your watch. Maybe it is time for a better idea, folks. This litigation business is clumsy and expensive.  

In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world

]]> Comment #2 by Backcut http://www.grist.org/article/dirks-dodo/ Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:53:53 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/dirks-dodo/2 Fishers

Pacific fishers enjoy far-ranging protections in most west coast National Forests. Not only are their known locations protected, their "potential habitats" have protections, as well. "Fisher Use Areas" (aka FUA) have solid protections to not let canopy cover drop below their habitat thresholds. Every timber sale has these protections built in to their marking prescriptions. This "potential habitat" extends from the Pacific Northwest down into central California. I tend to think that Fishers are VERY illusive critters and that there are lots more of them out there than we think.

The biggest threat to many rare creatures are catastrophic wildfire, as we are now seeing in this new millenium of unhealthy forest preservationism and "firestorm embracing".

Yep, we CAN reach 10 million acres burned this year, as we are solidly in the prime time of fire season. Since many think that wildfires are "natural and beneficial", they should relish the images of charred homes and forced evacuations.

Keep watching the NIFC website to watch the acreage skyrocket.

Scenic pics at http://Lhfotoware.blogspot.com

]]> Fishers

Pacific fishers enjoy far-ranging protections in most west coast National Forests. Not only are their known locations protected, their "potential habitats" have protections, as well. "Fisher Use Areas" (aka FUA) have solid protections to not let canopy cover drop below their habitat thresholds. Every timber sale has these protections built in to their marking prescriptions. This "potential habitat" extends from the Pacific Northwest down into central California. I tend to think that Fishers are VERY illusive critters and that there are lots more of them out there than we think.

The biggest threat to many rare creatures are catastrophic wildfire, as we are now seeing in this new millenium of unhealthy forest preservationism and "firestorm embracing".

Yep, we CAN reach 10 million acres burned this year, as we are solidly in the prime time of fire season. Since many think that wildfires are "natural and beneficial", they should relish the images of charred homes and forced evacuations.

Keep watching the NIFC website to watch the acreage skyrocket.

Scenic pics at http://Lhfotoware.blogspot.com

]]> Comment #3 by askantik http://www.grist.org/article/dirks-dodo/ Tue, 28 Aug 2007 23:49:22 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/dirks-dodo/3 We need a President who cares...

And then we'll get an Interior Secretary who cares.

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Dennis Kucinich 2008

]]> We need a President who cares...

And then we'll get an Interior Secretary who cares.

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Dennis Kucinich 2008

]]> Comment #4 by samara http://www.grist.org/article/dirks-dodo/ Wed, 29 Aug 2007 02:31:58 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/dirks-dodo/4 Speaking of the red knot...

Check out the Friends of the Red Knot, a grassroots organization created by school kids in Baltimore, Maryland, and dedicated to saving this bird.  They've started a letter writing campaign to get the red knot protected under the Endangered Species Act.

Check out their web site-it's cool and inspiring: http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeu3rwf/index.html
 

Samara


]]> Speaking of the red knot...

Check out the Friends of the Red Knot, a grassroots organization created by school kids in Baltimore, Maryland, and dedicated to saving this bird.  They've started a letter writing campaign to get the red knot protected under the Endangered Species Act.

Check out their web site-it's cool and inspiring: http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeu3rwf/index.html
 

Samara


]]> Comment #5 by caniscandida http://www.grist.org/article/dirks-dodo/ Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:30:28 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/dirks-dodo/5 le Rubber Dodo, je l'adore!

I want one!

Thanks, Samara, for the reference to that site on Red Knots, Calidris canutus.  A number of related shore birds, sandpipers and plovers, could use more attention.

The Fisher, Martes pennanti, is indeed related to the Wolverine, Gulo gulo, both being large members of Mustelidae, the Weasel family.  But I do not know that they resemble each other all that closely, the former being more cat-like, or rather classically weaselish, the latter more bear-like.

Whether the Pacific population of the Fisher is endangered, I do not know, but it would not surprise me.  The species as a whole is not in near danger of extinction, however, which only points to the need to have a more nuanced interpretation of the law so as to show regard for distinct populations.

Also, needless to say, we want the EPA to be run by people whose first question about anything is not, "How will this affect the business interests?"

Chickens are our cousins! So are other sensitive animals! Enough is enough! No more factory farms!

]]> le Rubber Dodo, je l'adore!

I want one!

Thanks, Samara, for the reference to that site on Red Knots, Calidris canutus.  A number of related shore birds, sandpipers and plovers, could use more attention.

The Fisher, Martes pennanti, is indeed related to the Wolverine, Gulo gulo, both being large members of Mustelidae, the Weasel family.  But I do not know that they resemble each other all that closely, the former being more cat-like, or rather classically weaselish, the latter more bear-like.

Whether the Pacific population of the Fisher is endangered, I do not know, but it would not surprise me.  The species as a whole is not in near danger of extinction, however, which only points to the need to have a more nuanced interpretation of the law so as to show regard for distinct populations.

Also, needless to say, we want the EPA to be run by people whose first question about anything is not, "How will this affect the business interests?"

Chickens are our cousins! So are other sensitive animals! Enough is enough! No more factory farms!

]]> Comment #6 by Backcut http://www.grist.org/article/dirks-dodo/ Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:18:46 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/dirks-dodo/6 Chilean sea bass??

Why not harangue Al Gore about serving this endangered (and apparently tasty) species for dinner? What the hell? Why not blast all celebs and rich folks for eating endangered species?

Scenic pics at http://Lhfotoware.blogspot.com

]]> Chilean sea bass??

Why not harangue Al Gore about serving this endangered (and apparently tasty) species for dinner? What the hell? Why not blast all celebs and rich folks for eating endangered species?

Scenic pics at http://Lhfotoware.blogspot.com

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