Posted on 12/12/2013 4:51:01 PM PST by george76
Yellowstone's grizzlies, now classified as a threatened species, were briefly removed from protected status by the federal government in 2007, when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declared that the outsized, hump-shouldered bears had made a healthy comeback.
At the time, the number of grizzlies in the region had exceeded the government's recovery goal of 500 bears, the government said.
But conservationists successfully challenged the de-listing in court, arguing that the government discounted climate changes
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On Wednesday, members of the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee sought to reverse that decision, recommending a new de-listing after reviewing a report suggesting Yellowstone's bears can be sustained by berries and a multitude of other food sources.
The panel estimated the grizzly population in and around Yellowstone, which spans parts of Wyoming, Idaho and Montana, has now climbed to about 600 bears.
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This is born out by the habitat folks hand in hand with the federal government, confiscating land on a whim.
I object to massive land holdings that dictate to the public what they can and can’t do in certain areas.
Simple preservation actually disgusts me.
Imagine if our grandparents and great-grandparents generation had locked up all the land in areas like Los Angeles or other large metropolitan areas.
I had surmised this because of Crespi's 1774 accounts of how happy the Indians were when the Spanish shot a griz. I suggested that their insularity (because of the lack of summer water) had coastal mountain tribes he encountered less susceptible to the dispersion of a fast acting crowd disease like smallpox than were the tribes farther to the east and that therefore Crespi's account was more redolent of pre-Columbian conditions than is commonly supposed. He said that was a legitimate hypothesis that no one had proposed.
Not exactly correct. The term in Genesis 1:28 to which you refer is "u'redu." Usually translated as "take dominion," the term derives from the way that shepherds defined their territories by treading down the grass. In fact, it is the phonetic root for your back "yard." More literally, it implies taking possession AND responsibility for every bird, fish, and herding animal (all of which are kosher but for raptors) within a defined area. It is the first commandment to man, a commitment to stewardship through private property.
Yeah, I know. But that's why you read my posts! :-) Maybe someday you'll take on the book.
Greasy meat from what I've heard. But it taint bad if you're an Indian. :-)
Interesting theory and comments there. Thanks.
Heh heh heh...
I should shouldn’t I. ;^)
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