Re: Picket Line

**m* l* <m*@earthlink.net>**

One reply would have sufficed.  Five is overkill.  Raccoons weren't 
here for years, but they migrated in on the canal banks.  Predators 
could get there as well if they wished.  Raccoons just multiply, 
occasionally being run over by a car.  I don't want them in my garden 
or in proximity to my dog, so I don't supply them with a water source 
in my yard, and do not feed my dog out of doors.  Having served on 
the county planning commission and heard all of the BS put out by 
developers about wildlife corridors, I still think deer, elk, 
antelope, coyotes, moose and cougars will take their own routes to 
the river and to hell with subdivision plats and plastic 
fences.  Margaret Lauterbach

>Isolated by a canal, two busy highways, and an Interstate? Who built
>those? Your animal community lives in a fragmented habitat, from which it
>cannot escape without getting killed. Aside from over-population, the
>gene pool of the racoons will also degrade over time, due to too much
>interbreeding.
>
>Newer concepts in planning promote interconnected riparian buffers and
>greenways, in order to provide wildlife corridors for animals to move
>about in their natural habitiat. These also provide visual screens or
>buffers of native vegetation that cleans the air, cuts down on noise
>pollution, and provides pleasing visual scenery. The racoons couldn't
>over-populate if people had not removed their predators from your area.
>
>Regards,
>Lois
>
>On Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:12:54 -0700 margaret lauterbach
><melauter@earthlink.net> writes:
> > My house was built in the 1950s, and I live on a culdesac.  Raccoons
> >
> > are proliferating at such a pace they're moving into this area
> > (isolated by Interstate on the south, deep canal on the north and
> > busy highways fore and aft.  How is the raccoon population explosion
> >
> > a "human"-caused problem?  Margaret Lauterbach
> >
> >
> > >"Pests," like most things, are in the eye of the beholder. And
> > simplistic
> > >solutions usually don't solve complex problems.
> > >Let Jeff's experience be a lesson to us all. Doing adequate
> > research,
> > >writing about what we know, and checking our facts are just as
> > important
> > >today, as ever.
> > >
> > >Until humans begin to understand that the deer, bear, racoon etc.,
> > >"problems" are caused by PEOPLE, we will remain unable to solve
> > them.
> > >
> > >Why not try sustainable development? It can't be any worse than
> > what
> > >we've already created.
> > >
> > >Regards,
> > >
> > >Lois J. de Vries
> > >Visit http://loisdevries.blogspot.com
> >
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