[Scpg] FYI: Will animals survive? Permaculture Designer joins in Discussion in Workshop in Sonoma

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Hi everyone
	with all the impact of vineyards in every community, plus the spread of 
housing into rural area dividing up the habitat into smaller and smaller 
chunks, who will speak for the other members of our world.  Permaculture 
Designer biologist Bock Dolman speaks with a panel at this workshop 
and  Below is a Workshop in Sonoma, Ca.
					wes

Please forward to interested parties
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Workshop on Animal Habitat Connectivity
May 19, 2001
9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Salmon Creek School
Bohemian Highway Between Occidental and Freestone

For further information contact Zeno Swijtink at swijtink at sonoma.edu

Can animals survive in a landscape that gets more and more carved up
by roads and fences?

For humans roads connect places; for animals roads often are deadly
barriers. For humans fences protect valuable property, for animals
they can disconnect the places where they drink from the places where
they eat. For humans wetlands have been conveniently flat places to
fill in for housing and shopping malls. But the migrating bird
population along our Pacific Coast has declined from 60 million in
1950 to three million today because of overuse of fresh water and
wetland fill-in.

Some people say roadkill is on the rise because of increased fencing
to protect new vineyards, estates and housing developments. How can
humans and animals share the landscape in a way that is fair to both
and does not stack the deck in favor of humans?

In this workshop four people who have thought a lot about these
questions will talk about their ideas and discuss with you their
plans and proposals.

Brock Dolman (Occidental Arts and Ecology Center) is the OAEC's
Permaculture Program Director. As a biologist Brock specializes in
habitat loss and fragmentation for endangered vertebrate species in
California (marbled murrelet, pond turtle, red-legged frog, kit fox,
San Francisco garter snake, tiger salamander, Santa Cruz long-toed
salamander).

Adina Merenlander (UC Extension Hopland) is an Associate Cooperative
Extension Specialist and an Adjunct Associate Professor at the
Environmental Science, Policy, and Management Department at UC
Berkeley. She is concerned with the conservation of California's
north coast oak woodlands, and does research on the effects of
urbanization and vineyard development of this unique habitat.

Caitlin Cornwall (Sonoma Ecology Center) is a Staff Scientist and
Project Manager at Sonoma Ecology Center in Glen Ellen. She is
spearheading the creation of the Sonoma Valley Habitat Corridor, a
unique place where wildlife can move freely across Sonoma Valley from
ridge top to ridge top.

Allan Buckmann (California Department of Fish and Game) is a wildlife
biologist with the DFG. He has studied how use of household toxins
and habitat fragmentation is threatening wildlife in Sonoma County
and has highlighted the pernicious role of fences.

This workshop is part of the Second Salmon Creek Watershed Day
Where West-Sonoma County Watersheds Come Together
May 19, 2001
9:30 am - 4:00 pm
Salmon Creek School
Bohemian Highway Between Occidental and Freestone




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