Zoobot (ZOO-bot) - derived by Mr. E through a contraction of zoology (the study of animals) and botany (the study of plants). I'm sure I will occasionally stray from the path and discuss something interesting in the kindoms of archea (sea-vent bacteria), monera (other bacteria), protists (quasi animal plant-like one cell life, or fungi (think mushrooms). Zoobot. It just sounds cool.
Monday, February 8, 2010
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
"Which is worse? Closing two locks on a waterway that's used to ship millions of dollars' worth of goods from the Great Lakes to the Mississippi basin? Or allowing a voracious Asian carp to deplete the food supply of native fish sustaining a Midwestern fishing industry that nets $7 billion a year?"
I'd like you to read the article that asks this question, and then I'd like you to answer it in your response.
Which is worse? What would you do if you were in charge?
The Washington Post Article, Tough Choices Follow In The Wake Of Invasive Species can be found here:
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/30/AR2010013000939.html
(Note it looks like you will have to to cut and paste the address manually into your address bar in order to go to the article)
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