Re-wild America

Interesting book review in the New York Times re: Rewilding the World, Dispatches From the Conservation Revolution, by Caroline Fraser.

An idea developed by Dave Foreman, Michael Soulé, Reed Noss, and others, “rewilding” is all about “the restoration of animal habitats and the importance of migration corridors.” And that includes some fun critters that roam the wild: large carnivores.

Any tome postulating the rewilding of America’s shattered landscape is worth the look. But it still comes back to the bottom line, rewild or not – too many hungry members of Homo erectus asphaltus crashes ecosystem viability.

Corridors and critters are a lofty goal. But until we deal with our impacts to carrying capacity, it’s all academic.

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posted y Mudd