Posted on 07/28/2013 6:10:35 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
In 1950, New Hampshire was home to just 50 moose. Today, the count is near 5,000, but state biologists fear that climate change – by way of winter ticks and other parasites – is threatening the herd.
“Shorter winters are a problem for moose because they give ticks a leg up,” said Kristine Rines-Wanker, moose project leader for the state Fish and Game Department. “People have to recognize that the (climate) changes we are facing are not just changes in the Arctic. It’s not just polar bears that are going to be affected.”
Hoping to get a better handle on the problem, the Executive Council last week approved a four-year, $695,000 study of the state’s moose population.
A study can identify the threat to the moose population but not necessarily stop it, Rines-Wanker said. “It’s hard to convince people of the larger problem” of climate change, she said.
People can tackle climate change or “pray for snow,” she said.
(Excerpt) Read more at concordmonitor.com ...
I need to get some turkeys then,I never seen so many ticks out in the woods.I’min Northern Ohio and eveyone in the area has noticed how the tick population is way up this season.
climate change = Edsel
OK!! Everybody pay attention!
Lesson for today:
1. The sun is 1,300,000 times as big as the earth.
2. The sun is a ball of fire that controls our climates.
3. The earth is a rock.
4. The earth is a speck in comparison to the size of the sun.
5. Inhabitants of the earth are less than specks.
Study Question: How do less-than-specks in congress plan to control the sun?
Who is Rines and does his wife know Kristine?
What is "socialist wealth redistribution schemes and punitive measures against businesses" for $1,000.00, Alex.
What a pile of unscientific, conjecture-loaded rubbish this article is. Its only redeeming quality is that it demonstrates the lengths to which the Left and the Media will go to ram the hoax of MMGW down people’s throats.
Well, it looks like the term “climate change” has pretty much replaced “global warming” and “global cooling”. “Climate change” is a safer bet as things can go either way, and man can still be blamed for it.
The reality of nature doesn't fit the narrative.
Or maybe ticks increase because the host moose increase, having nothing to do with climate.
Considering the title, this requires a modification.
"A tick bit my sister moose once."
Will your state game group help?
They need to unleash some hunters.
” a four-year, $695,000 study of the state’s moose population. “
That’s the bottom line. Keep that money flowing to the bureaucrats. Global warming is such a convenient excuse.
The irony is that cliate change increased the moose population.
More moose, more ticks
Ticks are a moose population dampner
It was only 55 degrees in northern Illinois this morning.
What warming?
Since the advent of Trayvon thought, it is apparent that sisters are at fault
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