Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2002 23:21:05 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Rich Dolesh Subject: threats from exotic species Comments: cc: maureen harvey , karen morley , Gail Mackiernan MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable A recent article from Emagazine, appearing in the the daily = Environmental News Network online newsletter, by Sally Deneen, entitled = "Exotic Species are Decimating the United States' Native Wildlife" = offers a chilling but accurate picture of the impact that introduced or = escaped non-native species are having on our native American wildlife. A snip from the article: "Biologists are noticing, however, and seven out of ten say we are in = the midst of a "mass extinction" of living things, according to a 1998 = survey of 400 biologists commissioned by New York's American Museum of = Natural History. One in eight known bird species around the world face a = high risk of extinction in the near future, according to the = authoritative 2000 International Union for Conservation of Nature and = Natural Resources (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. " = http://www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/2002/07/07192002/s_47823.asp For those of you who don't yet subscribe, ENN, http://www.enn.com/ is = very good stuff, and highly recommended for any birder who cares about = conservation of birds and bird habitat--from the local to the global. = It's free, too. Rich Dolesh Aquasco, Md. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D