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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neocon who wrote (7996)	3/8/2001 12:06:28 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

Roads are almost always put in where game and Indian trails formally were. These paths are established for thousands of years because they represent the minimum geographic barrier and form the migration paths of large animals. There are exceptions but the rule is usually true. No one could argue that there hasn't been a human impact in National Parks. I haven't been to center of the Earth as a geologist but could surmise something about it since I am not an ignorant person. Somehow, a simple example cascaded into an ad hominem attack rather than a factual defense of the former policy. But that wasn't even the point. Animals that leave Yellowstone are subject to being shot. The reintroduced wolves are being shot by ranchers (wanna argue that too, arno, LOL!) The topic I was talking about preservation of ECOSYSTEMS intact. We really don't do much of that. Many people that hunt (I did a long time ago) use roads as access points. The fact that they are genetic barriers is well documented. Add loud motorized vehicles, and it is not hard to imagine some impact. So to your point, Neo, you should try cycling. Cars make a huge amount of noise (relative to bikes) and the game hides or scatters when the cars come by. They even do it when I come by, but I'm a lot closer before they do. I ALWAYS (almost every day) see large game right along the shoulder of the roads including deer, badgers and mountain lions(they don't stand in the middle of the road) . I live in suburban / wildland boundary. I've been to Yellowstone. It is a great place, though I've not been in winter (good guess arno - I'm in California biking everyday). I'm a 25 year hiking veteran of the west coast mountains, have hiked solo through the Sierras, come from a family that includes people who worked for the Park Service, so I assure you and Arno I'm not talking out my @ss.