[RWG] [APWG] 100 qacres every 15 miles across the country-- preserve the original ecosystems?

[Philip Thomas]

Certainly an interesting idea.  Attention should be paid to minimum 
meaningful contiguous area for conservation purposes for various 
organism types.  I fear that even if we could keep these areas 95 (or 
even 100) percent weed-free, disjunct areas as small as 100 acres would 
be useless for the preservation of many species.  (There is research 
that addresses these issues [although I'm not sure of its adequacy].)

Aloha,
Philip Thomas
pt at hear.org


Marc Imlay wrote:
> *I agree. These areas will serve as preserves until such time as native, 
> or host specific non-native, biological controls are avaiable. They 
> should be at least 95% weed free. Marc
> *
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craig Dremann - Redwood City Seed Company [mailto:Craig at astreet.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 14, 2011 12:56 AM
> To: Marc Imlay
> Cc: 'Craig Dremann - Redwood City Seed Company'; 
> apwg at lists.plantconservation.org; rwg at lists.plantconservation.org
> Subject: 100 qacres every 15 miles across the country-- preserve the 
> original ecosystems?
> 
> Dear Marc and All,
> 
> I am proposing that in the USA, we preserve 100 acres every 15 miles in 
> each direction, which would be a 1:1400 ratio in exchange for the land 
> we use for our purposes?
> 
> And that would help preserve insitu the native plant and animal 
> diversity we have across the nation.  And perhaps these preserves should 
> be owned by the local indigenous peoples?
> 
> Plus these areas could possibly be used as carbon sinks for our fossil 
> fuel and coal burning, to help sequester some of the carbon that we are 
> puitting into the air?  And that those area be restored to 99% 
> weed-freeness?
> 
> Sincerely,  Craig Dremann (650) 325-7333
> 
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