Conflict conservation - Wildlife Gardeners

amelanchier · 02-08-2010, 02:36 PM

Green.view: Conflict conservation | The Economist
Biodiversity down the barrel of a gun

swamp thing · 02-08-2010, 03:48 PM

That's an interesting term, "involution". The Korean DMZ is almost four hundred square miles.

A related phenomenon I've noticed is the no-man's-land near super highways. There are often amazing things living steps away from the 70 mph vehicular traffic, permanently disconnected from most pedestrian visitation. There's a beautiful riparian community in my small town, but you have to run accross the highway to get there or crawl through a culvert. Very few people go there or even know it exists.

I saw some long range planning by the township for a park there, but it could only happen if and when the state were to re-align the highway, or if a tunnel could be built.

amelanchier · 02-08-2010, 06:35 PM

How interesting. In my area, some of the flora in the "islands" in the interstate are pretty interesting - what I can make out of it at 70 MPH, of course. Things like tamarack larches that you usually find only in bogs.

02-08-2010, 02:36 PM	#1
amelanchier WG Facebook Administrator Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Lyme, NH	Conflict conservation Green.view: Conflict conservation \| The Economist Biodiversity down the barrel of a gun

02-08-2010, 03:48 PM	#2
swamp thing Slapping, Swearing, Itching, Scratching Mosquito Bait Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: pennsylvania,usa	That's an interesting term, "involution". The Korean DMZ is almost four hundred square miles. A related phenomenon I've noticed is the no-man's-land near super highways. There are often amazing things living steps away from the 70 mph vehicular traffic, permanently disconnected from most pedestrian visitation. There's a beautiful riparian community in my small town, but you have to run accross the highway to get there or crawl through a culvert. Very few people go there or even know it exists. I saw some long range planning by the township for a park there, but it could only happen if and when the state were to re-align the highway, or if a tunnel could be built. Last edited by swamp thing; 02-08-2010 at 06:41 PM. Reason: typo

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amelanchier WG Facebook Administrator Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Lyme, NH	How interesting. In my area, some of the flora in the "islands" in the interstate are pretty interesting - what I can make out of it at 70 MPH, of course. Things like tamarack larches that you usually find only in bogs.