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Posted by giveawayboy on August 12, 2002 at 08:23:36:

In Reply to: Re: wildlife corridors.... posted by John on August 12, 2002 at 06:46:14:

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: : Creating "wildlife corridors" to allow animals to migrate between otherwise isolated patches of protected areas has been a popular, although somewhat controversial, idea ever since the eminent Harvard biologist E. O. Wilson first proposed it in the 1960s. Now new studies are showing that such corridors may indeed help improve some species' chances of survival.

: : David Suzuki

: This process is occuring in Florida as we speak. In this county there is a group called the Florida Greenways Task Force http://www.ficus.usf.edu/orgs/greenwys/. They work for this type of thing, as well as the Hillsborough County Environmental Lands Accuisition & Protection Program (ELAPP)http://www.hcprdelapp.org/. Of course as with all good ideas it has been watered down from the original as it battles politics and economics, but still effective in it's way. My department has developed Watershed Management Plans for the entire county, and these are available for the publicto look at. These plans identify current and future land uses and provide suggestions for management. This type of geographically based planning makes the greenway (corridor) concept much more feasible as it looks at natural boundary features rather than human imposed arbitrary lines. Ungodly slow work and a battle at every step, but progress is being made.

John, This excites me! I think it's awesome! And I will go check out both sites! Thanks for sharing this! And, I really like the use of natural boundaries. I think our only hope is blending w nature and not simply thinking carving the earth into large slices for ourselves.

Bill

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: : : <center><img src="http://www.wildlands.org/corridor/cor.gif"></center> : : : <center><a href="http://www.wildlands.org">image taken from American Wildlands</a></center> : : : <a href="http://www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/2001/10/10192001/s_45299.asp">Creating "wildlife corridors" to allow animals to migrate between otherwise isolated patches of protected areas has been a popular, although somewhat controversial, idea ever since the eminent Harvard biologist E. O. Wilson first proposed it in the 1960s. Now new studies are showing that such corridors may indeed help improve some species' chances of survival.</a> : : : <a href="http://www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/2001/10/10192001/s_45299.asp">David Suzuki</a> : : This process is occuring in Florida as we speak. In this county there is a group called the Florida Greenways Task Force http://www.ficus.usf.edu/orgs/greenwys/. They work for this type of thing, as well as the Hillsborough County Environmental Lands Accuisition & Protection Program (ELAPP)http://www.hcprdelapp.org/. Of course as with all good ideas it has been watered down from the original as it battles politics and economics, but still effective in it's way. My department has developed Watershed Management Plans for the entire county, and these are available for the publicto look at. These plans identify current and future land uses and provide suggestions for management. This type of geographically based planning makes the greenway (corridor) concept much more feasible as it looks at natural boundary features rather than human imposed arbitrary lines. Ungodly slow work and a battle at every step, but progress is being made. : John, This excites me! I think it's awesome! And I will go check out both sites! Thanks for sharing this! And, I really like the use of natural boundaries. I think our only hope is blending w nature and not simply thinking carving the earth into large slices for ourselves. : Bill

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