> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patricia Wood [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 9:23 AM
> To: 
> Subject: MDOSPREY posting
> 
> 
> I asked Janet Millenson about posting news of a
> meeting some birders may want to attend (and probably
> should, if they care about Rock Creek Park)and since
> she was facing a deadline and couldn't, she suggested
> I ask you to do it.
> 
> Thursday, at 6:30 pm, there will be a forum/townhall
> meeting in the Nature Center, jointly sponsored by 
> Park Superintendent Adrienne Coleman and DC Council
> member Adrian Fenty, regarding wildlife issues, esp.
> deer and coyotes.  Among the speakers are park
> biological resource experts, as well as DC Animal
> Control.  It would be a shame if only the views of
> homeowners in Ward 4 were heard, and not those of us
> who value the park as a natural treasure, not just for
> its human uses.  
> The park folks could use our support for their view
> that coyotes are a natural part of the ecosystem, not
> a problem.  Also, it should be very interesting to
> learn more about what's happening in the park now that
> they have arrived--I'm hoping more coyotes equals less
> cats and therefore more ground nesting birds. 
> Patricia Wood  
> 
> 
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