Fairy shrimps and bears hot topics for species protection

Napa Valley Register ^ | January 24, 2006 | LAURIE DAVIS

[Constitution Day]

You know, those look suspiciously like Sea-Monkeys(TM).

I should know, because my daughter just had to have some for Christmas.

[Muleteam1]

Although some wildlife species have adapted somewhat to human encroachment, most have not. I would think that fairy shrimp are very suceptible to agricultural pesticide runoff. Buffer zones and setbacks on private lands seem to be a fact of life anymore. However, with increasing demands being placed on land use, I expect charismatic species to receive first preference for habitat protection and much responsibility will be placed on each land owner.

Muleteam1

[yoe]

In-fill and D-e-v-e-l-o-p-e-r-s; tax base for towns/cities/schools/. Is progress measured in population with disregard to all else? D-e-v-e-l-o-p-m-e-n-t in in-appropriate areas for taxes to city/towns/schools. Progress is a two-edged sword – what do you need and what do you want? It isn’t just animal habitat it is people habitat that is being crowded out by D-e-v-e-l-o-p-e-r-s for short time jobs, leaving scorched earth behind them as the D-e-v-e-l-op-e-r rarely resides in the place where flora and fauna have been removed for the new housing development. Try to stop these people and you run into an unbelievable machine run by Bureaucrats ‘down town’ who take no responsibility as the D-e-v-e-l-o-p-e-r-s write the ordinances for the most part.

[Constitution Day]

D-e-v-e-l-o-p-m-e-n-t

Why are you doing that?

[TChris]

Everyone wants to protect the big fury charismatic species. Nothing new there. Heck, deer are becoming a bigger pest than rodents and still people want to eliminate deer hunting. Ahh the balance of emotion vs. logic creates problems every time.

Yup. Flippin' deer keep jumping my fence and eating my garden. I'm just waiting for a one-day-only in-town deer hunt! :-)

(Not really, since there are way too many drinking hunters in this town.)

[dalereed]

Fairy shrimp are totally useless except to some university AH. They only live a few days or weeks in mud puddles after a rain and don't serve as a food source for anything that I know of.

The only purpose they serve is to provide enviro whackos a means of stopping all development or grading. Those AHs run out and file suit to stop development if they can find any depression in the land that could collect a few gallons of water if it rains.

[dalereed]

"I'm just waiting for a one-day-only in-town deer hunt!"

Get a crossbow and fill your freezer!

[SierraWasp]

"shoot shovel and shut up"

Spray scrape and burn!!!

[Mr. Brightside]

fairy shrimp

[SierraWasp]

I'll have you know, we only have REAL shrimp over here in the Stupendous Schwartzenegger Sierra-Nevada CONservancy!!!

[Old Professer]

The underlying motive here is to maintain a playground for the few with the means and time to enjoy it.

[wbill]

Fairy shrimps and bears hot topics for species protection

Was this copied from the S.F. Examiner?

[Muleteam1]

Sorry but my knowledge of fairy shrimp is limited. I have only seen them in the playa lakes of southeastern New Mexico and I have lightly dealt with them in regard to a National agricultural pesticide program. Although I am very familiar with the rationale for protecting species of limited distribution, I cannot speak to the significance of the fairy shrimp in California.

Muleteam1

[HolgerDansk]

Black bears are about as endangered as sand.

They are, however, much tastier than sand. Mmmm, bear kabobs...

[Allegra]

Whoever took the photograph used a microscope, it would take thousands to make a teaspoon full!

Yeah, but it would be worth it.

Endangered species just taste so good.

[VaBthang4]

"Fairy shrimps and bears hot topics for species protection"

I dont care.

[yoe]

Because I get so darn irate over tax payer abuse for carpet baggers who could care less of how they leave the land as long as city and developers get their money.

[Constitution Day]

I'm with you there, but I just found it unusual.

Cheers-

[Marine_Uncle]

Interesting article. When fairness mixed with intellegience is applied can be a win/win situation.

[tubebender]

Y'all been pinged to this Bear Roast yet...