Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- slightly off topic, national tree just passed
dlmcneely at lunet.edu
Date: Wed Sep 29 2004 - 10:27:52 CDT
Hope this comment is considered within topic: I noticed that the national tree will be "the oak." That is in keeping with the principle that I suggested we consider in proposing a national fish -- that is that we choose a taxon that includes a number of closely related species that go by a collective common name so that the largest number of people possible could have a local stake in the national fish. BTW, I noticed an error in the description of the national tree. Oaks only occur in Hawaii by introduction, and I'm not certain that they have even been introduced to Alaska. Oaks do not grow in the wild in either state. But it was the National Arbor Day Foundation that pushed this through. We are much closer to nature than they are!
Let's do this thing for America's fish, to help bring attention to their needs.
I'll help write a proposal, if we can agree on a candidate. BOD?
David L. McNeely, Ph.D., Professor of Biology
Langston University; P.O. Box 1500
Langston, OK 73050; email: dlmcneely at lunet.edu
telephone: (405) 466-6025; fax: 405) 466-3307
home page http://www.lunet.edu/mcneely
"Where are we going?" "I don't know, are we there yet?"
----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Unmack <peter.lists at>
Date: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 10:17 am
Subject: NANFA-L-- slightly off topic, national tree just passed
> G'day folks
>
> Thought this article may be of interest since we were all recently
> talkingabout a national fish.
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/09/28/national.tree.ap/index.html
>
> Cheers
> Peter
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: Fri Dec 31 2004 - 11:27:23 CST