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Rare Vine in Hawaii Designated Endangered Species
Yahoo ^ | 3/17/09 | AUDREY McAVOY

Posted on 03/17/2009 8:59:14 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 03/17/2009 8:59:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway; shibumi
And *this* is it;

Impressive, innit?

2 posted on 03/17/2009 9:09:22 PM PDT by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.......)
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To: Salamander

Wow. Let’s depopulate Molokai to save it.


3 posted on 03/17/2009 9:27:27 PM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 57 of our national holiday from reality.)
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To: nickcarraway
The first was the reticulated flatwoods salamander, an amphibian native to south Georgia, north Florida and coastal South Carolina. It was put on the list last month.

Is this the one that is green, has red eyes, and grows to nearly 10 feet?

If so, someone has done sold O'Bama a bill of goods.

Flatwoods reticulated whatchamajingy

4 posted on 03/17/2009 9:29:09 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Islam: a Satanically Transmitted Disease, spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus.)
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To: nickcarraway
From the Federal Register

Summary of Comments and Recommendations

In the proposed rule published on February 19, 2008 (73 FR 9078), we requested that all interested parties submit written comments on the proposal by April 21, 2008. We also contacted appropriate Federal and State agencies, scientific experts and organizations, and other interested parties and invited them to comment on the proposal. Newspaper notices inviting general public comment were published in the Honolulu Advertiser and Molokai Advertiser News. We did not receive any requests for a public hearing.

During the comment period for the proposed rule, we received one written public comment in support of listing Phyllostegia hispida with endangered status. In addition, the commenter concurred with our assessment that feral pigs and invasive, nonnative plants are both important and immediate threats to Hawaii's native plants and to P. hispida in particular. No further additional information was offered beyond these statements of support; therefore we will not address this comment further here.

Peer Review

In accordance with our peer review policy published on July 1, 1994 (59 FR 34270), we solicited expert opinion from seven individuals with scientific expertise that included familiarity with Phyllostegia hispida and its habitat, biological needs, and threats. We received written comments from two experts, both of whom agreed with the assessment that P. hispida meets the definition of an endangered species. In addition, both experts pointed out that while the continuing invasion of alien plants and feral ungulates undoubtedly poses threats to the species and its habitat, the limited area currently occupied by P. hispida has not yet become highly modified by nonnative plants and feral pigs, due to ongoing management by TNCH. The remaining plants are found in a nativedominated plant community within TNCH's Kamakou Preserve where control efforts for both alien plants and feral ungulates are ongoing. Both experts also point out that they believe P. hispida may be dependent upon treefall openings in the canopy or similar disturbances that provide increased sunlight for germination. Information provided by the peer reviewers has been incorporated into this final rule.


So this is based on their opinion and 3 other people that agree with them.
Impressive.
5 posted on 03/17/2009 9:37:00 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( Dear Mr. Obama - Please make it rain candy! P.S. I like jelly beans.)
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To: Salamander
"A rare Hawaii vine has been added to the endangered species list, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Tuesday. It's the second species to be classified as endangered by the Obama administration. The first was the reticulated flatwoods salamander..."

What??? No mention of the leather clad motorized old mountain salamander?
6 posted on 03/17/2009 10:03:23 PM PDT by shibumi (" ..... then we will fight in the shade.")
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To: Salamander

It was imported from Kenya.


7 posted on 03/17/2009 10:05:14 PM PDT by Rastus (Jedi mind tricks would work on Obama.)
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To: shibumi

“Old”???

You *might* want to rephrase that.


8 posted on 03/17/2009 10:53:21 PM PDT by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.......)
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To: Rastus

*snicker*

Perhaps someone hadn’t figured out “indoor plumbing” yet and deposited a seed or two behind a shrub.


9 posted on 03/17/2009 10:54:34 PM PDT by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.......)
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To: Salamander

“Old” was a modifier for the word “mountain”, not the word “salamander.”

Give your elders some credit for tact here.


10 posted on 03/17/2009 10:55:56 PM PDT by shibumi (" ..... then we will fight in the shade.")
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To: null and void
Oh, bat snot.

Nature's #1 law is adapt or die.

Kudzu does just fine without human coddling because it's a survivor.

Honest to God....has *everyone* lost their freaking minds?....LOL!

11 posted on 03/17/2009 10:56:19 PM PDT by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.......)
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To: ApplegateRanch

“Various descriptions of the second entity exist.
Most agree that it was at least 10 feet tall and that it had a red face which appeared to glow from within, and a green body.
Witnesses described the creature’s head as having bulging, non-human eyes and as either being shaped like a heart/an Ace of Spades, or as having a large heart/Ace of Spades shaped cowling behind it.
The creature’s body was described as being man-shaped and clad in a dark pleated skirt; later described as being green.
Some accounts record that the creature had no visible arms, while others describe it as having short stubby arms; ending in long claw-like fingers, which protruded from the front of its body”

Okay.
Fine.
I admit it.
It was me.

Happy now?!?

[damn. a girl can’t keep one lousy secret to herself these days]


12 posted on 03/17/2009 11:00:10 PM PDT by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.......)
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To: shibumi

Nice try.

[you’ll pay for that. you won’t know where and you won’t know when but when you least expect it, expect it]

Old Battle Ax ‘Mander


13 posted on 03/17/2009 11:02:49 PM PDT by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.......)
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To: null and void
Molokai is depopulated, Nully!!

Goats and lepers.
14 posted on 03/17/2009 11:03:14 PM PDT by BIGLOOK (Keelhaul Congress! It's the sensible solution to restore Command to the People.)
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To: BIGLOOK

Getting rid of the goats is easy.

Ship ‘em to the ME as mail order brides...


15 posted on 03/17/2009 11:05:40 PM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 57 of our national holiday from reality.)
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To: null and void

:-D

16 posted on 03/17/2009 11:07:37 PM PDT by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.......)
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To: Salamander

Hypersensitivity and vengefulness are the first signs of encroaching ol.......

never mind


17 posted on 03/17/2009 11:07:49 PM PDT by shibumi (" ..... then we will fight in the shade.")
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To: shibumi

Don’t bother running.
You’ll only....

:-P


18 posted on 03/17/2009 11:10:26 PM PDT by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.......)
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To: null and void
Baaa.....baaaa.....baaaa..d
19 posted on 03/17/2009 11:10:35 PM PDT by BIGLOOK (Keelhaul Congress! It's the sensible solution to restore Command to the People.)
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To: Salamander
It WAS you? REALLY?!?!

I'm so glad I finally found you!

I crawled through those woods for days, calling...calling...calling for you...you...YOOO-hoooo! Chloe...Chloe...CHLOOOOEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

20 posted on 03/17/2009 11:40:44 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Islam: a Satanically Transmitted Disease, spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus.)
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