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Langly2112
at Fri Apr 30 10:49:40 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Langly2112 ]
sorry it took a bit to reply-I wanted to look into the reasons you all went into:
1. Preciptation about normal to above for the last 3 year-4 years back was a draught.
2. No really lasting changes in the overall environment except for more people using the area.
3. The environment consists of a mountain with forest, lower forest, open field, swamp areas and perminent water source all in a rather small area not more than 30 x 30 miles
4. Doing a little more reading on copperheads in found they eat one interesting thing that has been in abundance for periodcally over the last 8 years-periodic cicadas-which are not considered a problem and are not sprayed for.
5. I haven't seen any declind in insects and the area is banned from insecticide usage by local government-unless a pool were to be found positve for West Nile virus-which is hasn't yet.
6. The area has wide range of herps salamanders, frogs, toads, and snakes-few turtles. It also has an abundance of food animals small mammals, birds, insects, worms, etc.
7. Lastly-collecting the area is banned-but it does go on according to officials and arrest and fine records-this is on the increase. These collectings are not the private person picking up one snake-this commercial large scale poaching for profit. Now all types of collecting are prohibited. Apparently copperheads are not on the list of snakes the poachers bother to collect.
what else would you like to know about the area that might be a hint.
L
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general over conditions of the area. - Langly2112, Fri Apr 30 10:49:40 2004