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Re: [RC] Wildlife encounters - Karen SullivanSighting wildlife is one of the more wonderful aspects of horseback/endurance riding. Let's keep it wild, Alycin Alycin, I totally agree.....and what goes along with preserving wildlife is preserving the native plants....so I strongly urge people who move into rural areas NOT to plant invasive exotics (scotch broom comes to mind in Calif, or Pampas grass, or does Arundo ring a bell for your So.Cal folks?)....these plants will take over and invade and destroy and entire healthy ecosystem....next the insects, birds, reptiles and wildlife will leave....Scotch Broom is also extremely flammable. It;s a huge threat very vew people are aware of.....according to my recent U.C.Davis alumii magazine, "invasive species are second only to habitat loss (development) as a cause of species extinction....and cost the U.S more than $138 billion a year.....invasive plants and animal constitute one of the greatest threats to Earths natural web of life or ecosystems......ecologists studying invasive species have come to fear the interactions between invaders may disrupt ecosystems so extensively that human health and well being will be affected." I prefer also to ride where the plants and wildlife are native... Karen =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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