A small gull with red legs and a red beak is making a comeback and that's good news.
"We as humans are part of an ecosystem," said John H. Hartig, manager of the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge. "What we do to the environment, we do to ourselves. We have sentinel species out there.
"Like the canary in the coal mine. These sentinel species tell us what is happening to the ecosystem."
http://www.detnews.com/2005/nngrosseile/0507/14/R02-243794.htm
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A new poll shows that voters are split on whether to restore a ban on mourning dove hunting in Michigan.
About 42 percent of those polled by Lansing-based EPIC/MRA say they would vote against or lean toward voting against a proposal that would restore the ban. About 40 percent would vote for the proposal or lean toward supporting it, with 18 percent undecided.
The poll of 1,000 Michigan registered voters was conducted June 29 through July 7. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
Posted by Dave at July 19, 2005 12:20 PM