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Title: Conservationists unveil plans to restore bison to North American plains
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Guardian News
URL Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environme ... son-north-america-conservation
Published: Mar 5, 2010
Author: Suzanne Goldenberg
Post Date: 2010-03-05 18:04:42 by X-15
Keywords: None
Views: 163
Comments: 12
Bison, the iconic animal of the American west, could once more roam wild across the great plains under a recovery roadmap prepared by international scientists. A report by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (pdf), prepared by dozens of scientists and bison experts from Mexico, America, and Canada, says there is a chance of a second recovery, nearly a century after the animals were rescued from the brink of extinction. But success depends on allowing large herds to roam free over thousands or perhaps millions of hectares, an overhaul of government regulations, and a rethink of public attitudes to the animal. Currently, there is only one population of plains bison, in Yellowstone national park. "The next 10-20 years present opportunities for conserving American bison as a wild species and restoring it as an important ecological presence in many North American ecosystems," the study says. It says the animals are critical to the restoration of the prairie grasslands. But Americans, especially ranchers in the west who view the animals as competition for grazing lands or a potential source of disease in their cattle, need to accept its presence on the plains. "The greatest challenge is to overcome the common perception that the bison, which has had a profound influence on the human history of North America, socially, culturally and ecologically, no longer belongs on the landscape," the study says. Tens of millions of bison once grazed the rolling hills and prairies of North America, from Alaska to northern Mexico. But by the beginning of the 20th century, the great herds had almost completely wiped out by hunters trying to satisfy the European fur trade. Early efforts managed to save the bison from the brink of extinction, and about 31,000 now roam free. But conservationists say more needs to be done to protect the genetic diversity of such herds to assure their long-term survival. Aside from harsh winters, bison in the wild face a range of diseases from anthrax to BSE, or mad cow disease. The study says the new conservation strategy should aim to recreate the traditional range of the bison. "While substantial progress in saving bison from extinction was made in the 20th century, much work remains to restore conservation herds throughout their vast geographical range," said Cormack Gates, a University of Calgary conservationist who co-edited the study. Several states continue to view bison as livestock rather than wild animals and about 400,000 bison are being raised in commercial herds. Some 55,000 of those belong to Ted Turner, the media magnate and CNN founder, who has ranches in seven states. "The key is recognition that the bison is a wildlife species and to be conserved as wildlife, it needs land and supportive government policies," Gates said. But persuading the public the bison should be free and not food may not be easy. In 2002, Turner's ranches were so successful in raising bison that he opened up a chain of bison burger restaurants that now stretches from Montana to Florida.
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#1. To: X-15 (#0)
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Wildlands Project Land Grab. http://www.mtmultipleuse.org/wilderness/summary_of_twp.htm http://www.discerningtoday.org/wildlands_map_of_us.htm http://www.cuttingedge.org/NEWS/n1368.cfm http://www.uhuh.com/1calfraud/stacks/judymusin.htm Information You Need To Know About - The Wildlands Project>BR? Explanation of the Biodiversity Treaty and the Wildlands Project ... Henry Lamb: The U.N.'s global land grab ... www.klamathbucketbrigade....ildlandsproject_table.htm ================ almost forgot: Banker's Manifesto and Sustainable Development ...the Banker's Manifesto ties in with U.S. Senate Document No. 43, 73rd Congress, 1st Session (1934), to wit: "The ultimate ownership of all property is in the State; individual so-called "ownership" is only by virtue of Government, i.e., law, amounting to mere "user" and use must be in acceptance with law and subordinate to the necessities of the State." ......And if they can't "steal" your property with the above described scheme, they will take it via sequestration by "conservation easements" and expropriate it to international organizations, corporations and associations at "the extinction of the State" through "concessional" lending. That is what the ESA (Endangered Species Act of 1973), the UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme), UNDP (United Nations Development Programme), and the treaty entitled the "Convention On Biological Diversity" and the benign sounding phrase, "Sustainable Development" are all about. ..... " http://www.afn.org/~govern/safe.html Joan Veon -- SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, AGENDA 21 AND PRINCE CHARLES. By Joan Veon ... http://www.newswithviews.com/Veon/joan19.htm Prince Charles the Sustainable Prince "...as long as there..remain active enemies of the Christian church, we may hope to become Master of the World...the future Jewish King will never reign in the world before Christianity is overthrown - B'nai B'rith speech http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/luther.htm / http://bible.cc/psalms/83-4.htm
Exactly!
"With respect to the words general welfare, I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators." I'm assuming that any "serfs" caught hunting on "The Kings" land will be executed???
_________________________________________________________________________ hi, i almost pinged you. they're moving right along aren't they?
"...as long as there..remain active enemies of the Christian church, we may hope to become Master of the World...the future Jewish King will never reign in the world before Christianity is overthrown - B'nai B'rith speech http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/luther.htm / http://bible.cc/psalms/83-4.htm
good one...i hadn't looked at it that way, but now that you mention it, it is my firm belief that this is The King of Kings' land, and He may have a thing or two to say about it before too long [I hope!].
"...as long as there..remain active enemies of the Christian church, we may hope to become Master of the World...the future Jewish King will never reign in the world before Christianity is overthrown - B'nai B'rith speech http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/luther.htm / http://bible.cc/psalms/83-4.htm
Yes they are. You can see the multiple fronts on which they work if you pay attention.
"With respect to the words general welfare, I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators." That sentiment is so 18th century. A throwback to when we had a hope for liberty. Before the real land grab was made for the rail roads and the fur dynasties. Before usury took our Judeo-Christian souls. A land grab today is land preserved from the illegals, from the banks, from the mountain top removals. Bring back the buffalo, and we just might survive ourselves. Maybe you'll have your "free" market later. It's nowhere to be seen today. Its "greatest" advocates are the neoliberal, Thatcherite soul strippers.
Nice
WWGPD? - (What Would General Pinochet Do?)
neocon - Israel = "libertarian" anti-white
Ah, a bear in his natural habitat, a Studebaker.
"With respect to the words general welfare, I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators." I don't have a problem with free-ranging buffalo, but any landowners in their path might: they go through, rather than around obstacles such as fences, corrals, etc.
_________________________________________________________________________ Bison require a higher and stronger fence....but with that they stay in quite well. I don't think free ranging would work so well. I grew up by the Bison Range federal animal sanctuary in Montana. School lunch was always buffalo meat because they had to yearly thin the herd.
"The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ... We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of." Edward Bernays, Father of Public Relations
By Joan Veon ... " sustainable development"...is a merger between communism and capitalism.... Where does this concept come from? .... it occurred to me that this philosophy is not in our Constitution. I then looked in a constitution opposite of ours, the constitution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1977). I found my answer in Chapter 2, Article 18.... http://www.womensgroup.org/APPENDIX.html
#2. To: AllTheKings'HorsesWontDoIt, X-15, *Agriculture-Environment* (#1)
Wildlands Project Land Grab.
James Madison, Letter to James Robertson, April 20, 1831
#3. To: AllTheKings'HorsesWontDoIt (#1)
"This man is Jesus,” shouted one man, spilling his Guinness as Barack Obama began his inaugural address. “When will he come to Kenya to save us?”
-Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
#4. To: farmfriend (#2)
#5. To: X-15 (#3)
#6. To: AllTheKings'HorsesWontDoIt (#4)
they're moving right along aren't they?
James Madison, Letter to James Robertson, April 20, 1831
#7. To: farmfriend, AllTheKings'HorsesWontDoIt, X-15, *Up to the Sun*, Ferret, Flintlock, Eric Stratton (#2)
Wildlands Project Land Grab.
REV. LETTER #13
by D.D.
Now let me tell you
what is a Brahrnasastra
Brahmasastra, Hindu weapon of war
near as I can make out
a flying wedge of mind energy
hurled at the foe by god or hero
or many heroes
hurled at a problem or enemy
cracking it
Brahmasastra can be made
by any or all
can be made by all of us
straight or tripping, thinking together
like: all of us stop the war
at nine o'clock tomorrow, each take one soldier
see him clearly, love him, take the gun
out of his hand, lead him to a quiet spot
sit him down, sit with him as he takes a joint
of viet cong grass from his pocket...
Brahmasastra can be made
by all of us, tripping together
winter solstice
at home, or in park, or wandering
sitting with friends
blinds closed, or on porch, no be-in
no need
to gather publicity
just gather spirit, see the forest growing
put back the big trees
put back the buffalo
the grasslands of the midwest with their herds
of elk and deer
put fish in clean Great Lakes
desire that all surface water on the planet
be clean again. Kneel down and drink
from whatever brook or lake you conjure up. 
Duryodhana wielding a Brahmastra
against Arjuna.
#8. To: Deasy (#7)
"To oppress others is a sin but to tolerate oppression is a far bigger sin." - Krishna
#9. To: farmfriend (#6)
#10. To: Prefrontal Vortex (#9)
James Madison, Letter to James Robertson, April 20, 1831
#11. To: Deasy (#7)
Bring back the buffalo, and we just might survive ourselves
"This man is Jesus,” shouted one man, spilling his Guinness as Barack Obama began his inaugural address. “When will he come to Kenya to save us?”
-Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
#12. To: X-15 (#11)
I don't have a problem with free-ranging buffalo, but any landowners in their path might: they go through, rather than around obstacles such as fences, corrals, etc.
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