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Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 6:20 PM
Subject: Re: [aroid-l] Woodchuck problem
> Like many successful animal species - Woodchuck numbers will expand to
> fill available habitat, whether or not humans are in that space. Deer,
> raccoons, woodchucks, squirrels, geese, etc. can thrive in the same
> habitats as people, and have become de-sensitized to our presence from
> necessity.
>
> With thousands of acres of relatively "wild" territory all around,
> woodchucks choose to burrow under our garage because the slab makes a
> nice roof for them, not because they've been driven out of the woodpiles
> and creek banks that abound in the area. And they ravage the garden
> because the cultivated plants are tender, tasty and available, not
> necessarily because there's a great shortage of "wild" fodder. We create
> pleasant circumstances for ourselves, and some of the more adaptable
> mammals share our tastes!
>
> Please don't get me wrong - I am all for expanding our reserves of wild
> land (and keeping them free of mining, timbering, etc.) That will make a
> critical difference to many vulnerable species - I just don't think
> woodchucks will "keep to their place" if we give it to them!
>
> Ann E. McCulloh
>
> Curator of Collections
> Cleveland Botanical Garden
> 11030 East Blvd.
> Cleveland, Ohio 44106
>
> 216 707-2829 phone
> 216 721-1694 fax
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MJ Hatfield [mailto:mjhatfield@oneota.org]
> Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 12:23 PM
> To: aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu
> Subject: Re: [aroid-l] Woodchuck problem
>
> OR, purchase/save enough set aside habitat/land for the woodchucks so
> that
> they have other places to feed.
>
> MJ Hatfield
>
>
>
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