I have been out of the loop for a few days, so I'm getting caught up on the
latest. I am as much a conservationist as anyone on the list and I'm not a
big fan of knee jerk extremes; however...
Wouldn't a little rotenone be in order here? It seems to me that the
sacrifice of a few ponds now (ponds that could be rehab'd in a few years)
would be worth the potential benefit of preventing the introduction of YET
ANOTHER damaging Asian species into our rivers. See: common carp, bighead
carp, etc. etc. etc.
Mike Bessert
Lincoln, NE
on 7/2/02 6:21 AM, ichthos_at_charm.net at ichthos at charm.net wrote:
> For the latest -- and photos -- on the northern snakehead in Maryland, go
> to:
>
> http://www.sunspot.net/news/local/
>
> and click on the snakehead story. (Sunspot changes their pages often, so
> the story may not be up beyond 7/2.)
>
> Apparently, there are at least 2 of them in the Crofton pond.
>
> "Scientists don't know how the snakehead got into the pond. Some
> snakehead species are sold to pet stores. Others, such as the northern
> snakehead, are sold in Asian specialty markets."
>
> Chris Scharpf
> Baltimore
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