Katrina vs. LA environment
09-08-2005 | 07:14 PM
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Is there anyone else who is very concerned about the effect that Hurricane Katrina is going to have on the winter homes of more than 10 million ducks? What is going to happen to the deer herd in half of the state? Is there any one trying to rescue Mother Nature from the unthinkable devistation that could be, if waterfowl fly south-get infected with bacteria-and fly north again? Am I the only one more concerned about the long term impact of this on the environment, than I am about some people that don't want to leave New Orleans? Can someone help a habitat junky like me? will things ever be safe down South?
09-08-2005 | 08:05 PM
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Is there anyone else who is very concerned about the effect that Hurricane Katrina is going to have on the winter homes of more than 10 million ducks? What is going to happen to the deer herd in half of the state? Is there any one trying to rescue Mother Nature from the unthinkable devistation that could be, if waterfowl fly south-get infected with bacteria-and fly north again?
What would you have us do?
Seriously - There was no preventing the hurricane. The toxic water results in New Orleans while bad - will not effect a large population of any animal species - though it could be very bad for local populations. When people are still being saved, and property damage tops 50 billion dollars - Not even most environmentalists will put the flora/fauna near the top of the obstacles to overcome.
The huricane damage in Mississipi & Alabama will help deer and other animal populations due to the coastal change in habitat. Not sure about the Southernmost wetlands of Louisiana - but I suspect the long term effect will be beneficial there as well. Catastrophic acts of nature - are usually followed by population explosions - contrary to what some might think.
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09-09-2005 | 08:30 AM
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I don't think you need to worry about LA natural environment. These things happened long before we entered the picture and ecosystems in general thrive on disturbance. So just think of this as a very large disturbance.
09-10-2005 | 11:03 AM
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Clearly, this is going to be tough on the wildlife, but thank God he made them so adaptable and resilient. I have a friend whose father volunteers for a wildlife habitat center near Pascagula MI and understand they have a real mess in terms of lost trees, habitat. It will be back though, and so will the animals.
09-13-2005 | 10:34 AM
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I think some of you are missing the point. I'm not taking anything away from people or the help they need. I have family down there that I had to send money to so they could make it up here. All I'm saying is that there are people that aren't helping anyone, and those people need to get off thier lazy's and do something. Like help the environment. We live inand co-exist with the environment. If we don't help it, it won't be there for us to use. People need to see the BIGGER picture. All I hear on the news is stuff on New Orleans. Now, I don't have a problem with New Orleans or the people who live there. But what about Baton Rouge and the number of other smaller places that were just as devistated? I just think( my opinion ) that some people are being very narrow minded. If our environment suffers, we suffer too.
09-13-2005 | 09:05 PM
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I hear you - but don't agree with you.
The environment will take care of itself - especially in the case of a natural catastrophe. I appreciate your concern - the enrvironment is of grave concern (big picture) to me. Generally speaking - Major (and minor) disturbances encourage diversity in nature - and is good for the environment. Just becasue it might not be pretty (twisted trees, flooded woodlands, etc) does not mean it isn't good in the big picture.
What kind of involment do you suggest for the people sitting on their Arses? Seriously - people in general messing with the environment (unless trained) is not usually a good thing.
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The environment will take care of itself - especially in the case of a natural catastrophe. I appreciate your concern - the enrvironment is of grave concern (big picture) to me. Generally speaking - Major (and minor) disturbances encourage diversity in nature - and is good for the environment. Just becasue it might not be pretty (twisted trees, flooded woodlands, etc) does not mean it isn't good in the big picture.
What kind of involment do you suggest for the people sitting on their Arses? Seriously - people in general messing with the environment (unless trained) is not usually a good thing.
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09-14-2005 | 05:20 PM
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This is what people involved have to say to your indifferance.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Sept. 9, 2005 – Ducks Unlimited, the world’s leader in wetlands restoration, is pledging $15 million to help restore coastal wetlands in Louisiana damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
“Ducks Unlimited will work with partner conservation organizations, federal conservation agencies and the state of Louisiana to protect and restore 52,000 acres along the Louisiana coast by 2008,” said Ducks Unlimited Executive Vice President Don Young.
“What’s happened in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina is a national tragedy,” said Ducks Unlimited President Dr. Jim Hulbert. “The human loss and suffering is staggering. To get people’s lives back to normal as quickly as possible requires not only that services and homes be restored and rebuilt but also that the critical coastal wetlands that help protect those homes and people be restored too. Wetlands restoration is what Ducks Unlimited does best.”
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Sept. 9, 2005 – Ducks Unlimited, the world’s leader in wetlands restoration, is pledging $15 million to help restore coastal wetlands in Louisiana damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
“Ducks Unlimited will work with partner conservation organizations, federal conservation agencies and the state of Louisiana to protect and restore 52,000 acres along the Louisiana coast by 2008,” said Ducks Unlimited Executive Vice President Don Young.
“What’s happened in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina is a national tragedy,” said Ducks Unlimited President Dr. Jim Hulbert. “The human loss and suffering is staggering. To get people’s lives back to normal as quickly as possible requires not only that services and homes be restored and rebuilt but also that the critical coastal wetlands that help protect those homes and people be restored too. Wetlands restoration is what Ducks Unlimited does best.”
09-14-2005 | 09:16 PM
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Interesting - I think though that DU has an agenda (and has had one to increase wetlands in Louisianna) - the 15 million is "good return" on their investment.
I'm not indifferent - But I do not always agree with the Politics of DU especially.
MSNBC picked up on the benefits of wetlands and the cost of not having them, writing, “Man robbed the Mississippi Delta of its natural protection from storms—ironically, to prevent flooding. Dikes and levees that channeled silt, and would have normally been allowed to build up the bayous and outer islands surrounding New Orleans, have instead been left to sink slowly into the mud. The wetlands along the Gulf Coast have been disappearing at the rate of about 33 football fields a day.”
DU biologists say that rate of loss is closer to 48 football fields per day, or one football field every 30 minutes. Louisiana alone loses about 25 square miles of its fertile marsh annually. Unfortunately, that already totals a loss of roughly 1 million acres of the 3.1 million that existed just 100 years ago.
The good news is, we can still restore wetlands along the Gulf Coast, and Ducks Unlimited and its partners are working to do just that.
Today, Ducks Unlimited pledged $15 million to help restore coastal wetlands in Louisiana damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
DU biologists say that rate of loss is closer to 48 football fields per day, or one football field every 30 minutes. Louisiana alone loses about 25 square miles of its fertile marsh annually. Unfortunately, that already totals a loss of roughly 1 million acres of the 3.1 million that existed just 100 years ago.
The good news is, we can still restore wetlands along the Gulf Coast, and Ducks Unlimited and its partners are working to do just that.
Today, Ducks Unlimited pledged $15 million to help restore coastal wetlands in Louisiana damaged by Hurricane Katrina.