Post by: REHJWA on July 18, 2014, 02:47:40 PM
The off leash use of dogs is not authorized in areas designated as critical for recovery. :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash:
I have not checked to see how it will effect the pheasent Release on the Scatter Creck release site but it too is in a designated Gopher zone. :dunno:
Post by: MP123 on July 18, 2014, 03:22:55 PM
Post by: Curly on July 18, 2014, 03:39:31 PM
What the heck is a Mazama Pocket Gopher? :dunno:
It is basically a mole. It is the latest tool of the enviro wackos to stop development or anybody from doing anything with their land. :twocents:
Post by: WSU on July 18, 2014, 03:42:14 PM
What the heck is a Mazama Pocket Gopher? :dunno:
It is basically a mole. It is the latest tool of the enviro wackos to stop development or anybody from doing anything with their land. :twocents:
Who petitioned to have it listed?
Post by: bobcat on July 18, 2014, 03:42:33 PM
Post by: Curly on July 18, 2014, 04:01:25 PM
What the heck is a Mazama Pocket Gopher? :dunno:
It is basically a mole. It is the latest tool of the enviro wackos to stop development or anybody from doing anything with their land. :twocents:
Who petitioned to have it listed?
I don't know. The answer may be at this (http://www.fws.gov/wafwo/mpg.html) site or one or more of the links on that site.
I know my neighbor's shop construction got held up for several weeks before the county was able to send out a bio and determine if gophers were living on his property before they would let him build his shop.
It is a bunch of b.s. that they are listed. There is a crap load of them on the Oly airport property as well as Fort Lewis. Apparently there is good habitat for them throughout a lot of Pierce and Thurston counties.
Post by: Curly on July 18, 2014, 04:05:18 PM
Conservation Efforts
Preserving and restoring historic and existing gopher habitat is essential for the conservation of this species. Since 2005, The Nature Conservancy has been working with Fort Lewis on prairie habitat enhancement and management on lands on and adjacent to the Fort. Restoration and management of prairie habitats have also been initiated in Thurston County on the Black River-Mima Prairie Glacial Heritage Preserve, Scatter Creek Wildlife Area, West Rocky Prairie Wildlife Area, Rocky Prairie Natural Area Preserve, and at Wolf Haven International.
Experimental translocation of gophers to land owned by Wolf Haven International
continues. As of winter 2010, the gophers have persisted in this location.
Post by: Curly on July 18, 2014, 04:12:35 PM
Post by: Curly on July 18, 2014, 06:47:14 PM
What the heck is a Mazama Pocket Gopher? :dunno:
It is basically a mole. It is the latest tool of the enviro wackos to stop development or anybody from doing anything with their land. :twocents:
Who petitioned to have it listed?
I found this from 2002 when they originally petitioned for listing:
"Joining the Center for Biological Diversity and the Friends of the San Juans in the petitions are the Xerces Society, Northwest Ecosystem Alliance, Oregon Natural Resources Council, Gifford Pinchot Task Force, and The Northwest Environmental Defense Center."
I don't know if there is a more recent petition, or if it just took that long for the USFWS to decide to list them.???
Post by: Torrent50 on August 09, 2014, 01:41:00 PM
Post by: REHJWA on August 11, 2014, 11:28:23 AM
http://www.nwguardian.com/2014/08/07/18517/hunting-regulations-change-for.html (http://www.nwguardian.com/2014/08/07/18517/hunting-regulations-change-for.html)
Post by: lokidog on August 11, 2014, 04:18:04 PM
I used to live down by Rochester and heard that the gophers weren't just being released on Wolf Haven property....
Post by: luvmystang67 on August 11, 2014, 04:44:57 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazama_pocket_gopher
"The gopher is also listed as a pest in the state of Washington because it is known to cause damage to infrastructure. The gophers can destroy waterlines, endanger livestock, destroy crops and weaken levees and dams."
Perfect.