Ah, yes...a bucolic nature scene...
Every fall, after raising their young near Teshekpuk Lake and the Colville River, tens of thousands of geese and tundra swans leave the North Slope of Alaska for more southerly shores. Some end their journey at the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in the flatlands of North Carolina.
Sounds lovely doesn't it? I thought so. Apparently others disagree, though...
Both habitats could be transformed if current Bush administration initiatives come to pass. The birds would have oil rigs as neighbors in Alaska and be greeted by Navy jets simulating carrier takeoffs and landings in North Carolina.
Ah, yes...what can we rape and pillage today?
Posted by Jason at September 14, 2004 03:32 PM