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Michael Phelps
Well-Known Member
Ya that for sure sounds like a bad idea. I mean if the frog goes extinct it goes extinct. The universe will work everything out but poisoning lakes just sounds rediculous
DFL420
Active Member
So wait let me get this straight, they want to poison lakes to kill one species and possibly kill/harm others to save the frogs. Yeah that sounds like a smart plan if that shit happens im gonna laugh my ass in in a few years when the lakes they poisoned wont be able to hold any life.
Johnny Retro
Well-Known Member
..dont fuck with mother nature
When will the government learn this?
When will the government learn this?
Remeber though that your getting your info from the news media, the epitome of subjective, I saw like one paragraph and it didn't elaborate at all, perhaps it isn't as stupid as it sounds, I don't know think people concerned with saving species are the reckless type that would kill an entire ecosystem to accomplish their goal, I imagine they would be attempting the exact opposite by preserving native species and stimulating the natural cycle of life in the designated ecosystems..
Iron Lion Zion
Well-Known Member
I am assuming they are poisoning the lake because a nonnative species was introduced and is either eating the frogs or is over-competing with the frogs for food. Kill the invading species that wasn't supposed to be there in the first place and you can "restart" the environment for how it was supposed to be - free of foreign species. Thus saving the frogs.
This is just a guess, but I have heard/seen it done before due to other foreign species being introduced by man.
This is just a guess, but I have heard/seen it done before due to other foreign species being introduced by man.
skiskate
Well-Known Member
We fucked it up in the first place though.
Im assuming this trout is an invasive species and thats why it is killing off the frog population. It would be a good idea if it is invasive then, so long as they use a "poison" that only affects the trout, but like that will happen..
MartinezTree
Active Member
Thats the most retarded thing i have ever read. Animals eat each other that's how it works right? The government is probably going to poison us next so we cannot retaliate against them.
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Me no get it senor.
skiskate
Well-Known Member
Well then bring on the poison!the trout are NONNATIVE.
they must die.
shnkrmn
Well-Known Member
Sounds like an INS/homeland security problemthe trout are NONNATIVE.
they must die.
it's not the first time. i following these stories. i fish a lot.
Lake poisoning seems to have worked to kill invasive pike
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/10/03/BAOHSI41V.DTL#ixzz0V9cySbQk
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/10/03/BAOHSI41V.DTL
Lake poisoning seems to have worked to kill invasive pike
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/10/03/BAOHSI41V.DTL#ixzz0V9cySbQk
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/10/03/BAOHSI41V.DTL
SocataSmoker
Well-Known Member
I've looked at the NPS job boards... the guys they have working on this stuff are smart people who obviously have researched this before actually doing it. I think it's a great idea, and honestly... the NPS is one of the only government bodies that I truly enjoy and believe in, after visiting dozens of national parks, they do a damn good job of keeping everything in tune with nature.
Louis541
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I saw something like this on natgeo a long time ago. Snakeheads from Asia somehow migrated to the east coast in america. It was an invasive species with no natural predators. This is probably the same type of thing. If it is allowed to keep going it could very well over populate and kill off all native species.
Ronjohn7779
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Yes it makes total sense. They are performing a very calculated ecological service to that biome. For whatever reasons their is an abundance of non-native fish that fucks with the frog population in that area (frogs are picky breeder and can die off in a generation or two). So they are using a poison that targets that non-native fish to kill it off and restoring the that particular ecosystem. This is done all the time. Trust me, this is a very calculated idea and I'm sure the national park service has the best people performing this ecological service. Most of the scientist that do this type of work are real hippy liberal types. The last thing they'd want to see is a destroyed ecosystem.
Green Cross
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The best and the brightest work for the park service? Oh that makes me feel better
Ronjohn7779
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I never said they work for the park service. Usually it's scientist who are contracted out and do the work independently. My bio teacher is a marine biologist and does plenty of work around the country for various government agencies. Most of the time multiple scientific teams work independently from each other and provide solution to these problems. Trust me very bright people handle these type of situations. It's not like they're going to drop random chemicals to kill everything in the water. Ecological restoration like on this type of scale is only done when no other solutions work. Basically it's the last resort before these non-native fish do far worse things to that biome.The best and the brightest work for the park service? Oh that makes me feel better
