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To: linMcHlp; Libloather
Quite a few wild species have adapted to the habitats that we've created along the way, and they manage — somehow — to co-exist alongside us. As an example, according to a study published today in the journal, Nature, evolution of a large, isolated checkerspot butterfly population in Nevada successfully adapted the insects to cattle-grazing. However, this adaptation contained a hidden risk: when we humans abruptly changed our land use practices and removed our cattle, the butterflies suffered local extinction.

https://www.jsg.utexas.edu/news/2018/10/the-evolutionary-trap-that-wiped-out-thousands-of-butterflies/

Grazing livestock is good for biodiversity.

8 posted on 03/01/2024 1:59:00 AM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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To: AdmSmith; Libloather

Reminding me, that eco-nuts do not consider:

From the perspective of air, a “farm of windmills” appears, and is dealt with, as a ridge - affecting where air “decides” to go . . . and air takes light creatures, and pollen, and seeds with it.


11 posted on 03/01/2024 2:35:29 AM PST by linMcHlp
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To: AdmSmith
Grazing livestock is good for biodiversity.

and grazing prevents blazing
minimizes wildfire damage

44 posted on 03/01/2024 4:55:41 AM PST by SisterK (it's controlled demolition)
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To: AdmSmith

Buffalo essentially did the same thing when they roamed the prairies for thousands of years.


58 posted on 03/01/2024 5:31:07 AM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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