[CINC] Torrey Pines, Deer, Elk, Eagles, Species Management

[Marty Flam]

CINC friends,
 
View from Santa Rosa Island...
 
On Monday, thirty-two engaging Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve docents, friends and family and I plumbed the depths of our collective arboreal knowledge while on loop hikes from North East Anchorage through our Torrey Pines forests on Santa Rosa Island.
http://geodacenter.asu.edu/drupal_files/2010-04_0.pdf
 
Atop the grove we noticed a few recently broken branches, conjuring images of a big browser in a big hurry recently visiting.  Visitors were most impressed by the abundance of our seedlings, saplings and juveniles, absent in their grove, guessing perhaps their ground squirrels, [gophers],  bark beetle, and/or drought, were culprits. None of that is present on SRI to my knowledge. 
http://www.torreypine.org/animals/mammals.html
 
Afternoon hikers and I saw an adult pair of tagged bald eagles (tag #s unk) soaring from Black Rock up over our TP groves  and a tagged juvenille (tag # unk) about 20 minutes later.  (Photos n/a.)
 
Plans to save species also continue afar, e.g. see 
Cost benefit analysis of conservation efforts to preserve an endangered species,  http://www.springerlink.com/content/yq7714kuwln3j414/

"Experts Meet to Save Israel's Eagles; Special workshop next week to discuss ways of saving Israeli eagle from extinction. By Gil Ronen; First Published: 9/12/2011: Fifteen experts from all over the world ... meet ... counterparts in Israel ... saving Israel's eagles. ... members of nature preservation groups, academicians and decision makers,... preventing the great bird's extinction.  ... initiative of Porsim Kanaf ("Spreading Wings"), ... jointly operated by the Nature and Parks Authority, the Israeli Society for Preservation of Nature (ISPN) and the Electric Company. Experts ... from Spain, France, Kenya, South Africa, Greece, Switzerland, Bulgaria and the United States. Dan Alon, manager of the ISPN's bird watching center, said that "despite...resources invested ... witnessing ...serious decline in the situation of eagles in Israel. We hope that the experts' summit will help us think of creative, out-of-the-box solutions for saving our eagles."
 http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/147800
 
Marty 
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