On the comeback
By now I'm guessing that most Nutmeggers have heard that both black bear and moose are wondering all over CT (WRA, by Brigitte Ruthman). But check this out...
I recently met a lady from Bethany. She told me that she saw a mountain lion in her yard! Finding it hard to believe, I asked her if it was a bobcat. She said no... this cat was too big and it had a full tail... still finding it hard to believe, I asked if it was a lynx. She said no. Then she told me that she's a biologist and that she knows what she's talking about, mentioning that she lives adjacent to one of the many water-authority owned lakes in Bethany... and that a "deer run" goes right through her yard.
Was it a real sighting? I don't know. But considering that all the other big animals seem to making a comeback... and considering that mountain lions supposedly used to live in CT... and considering that they never left the east coast, they just got pushed back to Canada... well... considering all that... who knows? They might be making their way back to CT.
Tim White
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I heard that the elephants in Cheshire are dying out in vast numbers and soon will put on the list of endangered species
well, we can be sure very few would rent those McHousing Project apartments proposed for the North End
DO yo people think of anything else but the north end?
I wouldn't doubt an authentic mountain lion sighting in southern New England. Moose have also been migrating south for the last two decades.
The return of previously scarce or endangered species is testimony to the excellent habitat restoration and management efforts of state fish & wildlife agencies. Deer and coyotes entering urban and suburban areas is another matter; that's due to overdevelopment of habitat.
(Sorry, nothing political in this post. Just sticking to the topic).
The connectedness of habitats friendly to deer, moose and other "grazers" and the sharp decline of farming and hunting over several decades have greatly contributed to the expansion of wildlife into areas that once only received a rare visit from even deer.
Animals are a lot like people in that they are opportunistic. A wooded acre will provide cover for a deer but will discourage a bluebird from nesting there. As for the coyotes, these preditors exist because of all those deer.
Give credit to DEP, land trusts, conservation planning by towns and its citizens but it really is more about the social and economic dynamic than anything else.
Voelker does not believe in open space set asides.
We don't really care what Voelker believes in as long as his beliefs don't prevail.
We know he believes in malls with housing.
I hope the P&Z Commission members don't believe everything he says without getting a legal opinion.
mall with housing=future section 8
Good we don't have any section 8 housing it will be good for Cheshire.
the last anon had to be working for the White House lobbying for the amnesty bill
Northend rentals to be limited to two bedrooms, what a joke. Does anyone really believe people won't convert the the office, computer room or whatever to a bedroom. You have to be on drugs to think this is going to limit the number of children.
Families with children will flock here and Boman and Calcagni know that. They will be able to rent these apartments at a premium letting the taxpayers pick up the educational costs.
"DO yo people think of anything else but the north end?"
Yes, but the north-end popped into my head as well. Intact tracts like that are vanishing in a blink -- I'd have to look at the town in terms of slow-motion myopism to avoid thinking about the north-end when someone mentions local wildlife.
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