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"For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, 
and wrong." H. L. Mencken

The Eastern Red Wolf is being reintroduced - it will probably be a 
failure. This doesn't have much to do with man - it has a lot to do with 
the Coyote. It seems the common coyote has worked it way East since the 
hey day of the Eastern Red Wolf. The Red Wolf doesn't want much to do 
with civilization - the coyote doesn't mind it. The Red Wolf and Coyote 
are not cross breeding and the cross is much more suited to the habitat 
that currently exist in the East. The Red Wolf as a unique species will 
most likely disappear in any numbers and the hybrid Coyote/Wolf cross 
flourish.

Mother Nature seems to have only two basic laws. The first - the law of 
"least action." Any system will reach equilibrium in which all forces 
are balanced. (be if physical, chemical, biological, economic or social 
). However, over time the forces change (and yes man is part of that 
equation) - as does the equilibrium. To force the equilibrium back to 
what it was in 1890 for example you have to first apply forces to force 
the equilibrium back to that point then you have to manage the forces so 
they don't become unbalance from that point on. This is where one runs 
afoul of old Mother Natures second law of thermodynamics (increase in 
entropy). In its most basic stating this defines the arrow of time and 
that arrow of time cannot be turned around.

The whole issue of native and non-native is a typical example of when 
politicians try to find a simple answer to a complex issue.

Truman


Sisu West Ranch wrote:
> Want to realize that the waters are even muddier than that? Article in 
> this AM Missoulian about the National Bison Range.
> Nobody here would argue that the Bison (American Buffalo) is not 
> native to N America and is not a wild animal. The article mentioned, 
> sort of as an aside, that some of the Bison on the range do not have 
> cattle genes, and are a valuble resource because those in Yellowstone 
> Park have more cattle genes.
> The question then becomes: How much cow DNA can a Buffalo contain 
> before it is no longer a "native" "wild" animal??
> Ed
> *Ed & Wendy Hauser
> 2994 Mittower Road
> Victor, MT 59875*
> *(406) 642-9640*
> *ranch(at)sisuwest(dot)us*


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“Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to 
authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us?” 
Justice William O. Douglas


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