From the daily archives: Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Border fence raises concerns about wildlife. Environmentalists say barrier will do a better job stopping animals than undocumented workers

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Border fence raises concerns about wildlife. Environmentalists say barrier will do a better job stopping animals than undocumented workers. By Arthur H. Rotstein. AP.

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Tufts of grizzly fur being used to determine genetic health of population

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In particular, researchers are looking to see if bears from the northwest corner of Montana have wandered into the Yellowstone ecosystem. To date, no,” [Charles] Schwartz said. Getting those genes into the greater Yellowstone ecosystem could provide a needed boost for the 550 to 600 grizzlies that live in and around the park.

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‎"At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour."

~ Edward Abbey