no one will notice that the ugly water plants are gone until the price
of their fish dinner goes up,
Speaking of fish dinners -
I was shocked to read in AC that we have managed to remove 90% of the
big saltwater fish from the ocean.
Unbelievable.
Geoff kimber
lexington,KY
On Fri, 2003-09-12 at 14:57, Kevin wrote:
> Isn't interesting that the "Do Gooders" are willing to save one non native
> species at the detriment of countless natives.
>
>
> On 9/12/03 11:50 AM, "John Bongiovanni" <bongi_at_cox-internet.com> wrote:
>
> > Geez. I heard on NPR today about the problem Maryland is having with the
> > Asian Mute Swan. Its taking over areas of Chesapeak Bay displacing other
> > birds and eating and tearing up the aquatic grasses that the fish live in.
> > The local parks and wildlife dept has devised a program to destroy the birds.
> > These are huge birds by-the-way.
> >
> > Now there are organized "do-gooder" groups raising cane over the destruction
> > of the exotics. They have actually convinced a judge to execute a stay
> > preventing the state from moving forward in their plans. Good thing that old
> > snakehead in Maryland last summer was just butt ugly!
> >
> > John
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