Urban wetlands on a map
Ducks Unlimited has launched a map of the urban wetlands in the Montreal area: equivalent to 36,000 football fields apparently.
Later note: the Quebec parks minister is refusing to consider a moratorium on the destruction of many small wetland areas around the metropolitan area.
Rich 23:57 on 2011/01/31 Permalink
You do realize Ducks Unlimited is a bunch of hunters that are only interested in preserving wetlands so that they can blow ducks out of the sky?
Kate 00:04 on 2011/02/01 Permalink
Oh dear. No, I hadn’t. But it was just a curious bit of news, and sort of fits in with a current theme about people taking information and massaging it into graphic formats.
Rich 01:31 on 2011/02/01 Permalink
Sad, but true. At least they do know how to make a nice map:
http://www.ducks.ca/fr/province/qc/outils/images/carto_mhs_cmm_poster_11x17.jpg
The American version of their website is much plainer about their objectives. See for example the recipes section:
http://www.ducks.org/hunting/recipes
walkerp 08:04 on 2011/02/01 Permalink
Just because the organization was founded by hunters does not mean they do not do good work for the environment. I’m no hunter, but responsible hunters are often much better stewards of the environment than urban liberals who buy “green”. Ducks Unlimited have done a lot of great lobbying work to protect wetlands in North America from development, a far greater threat to birdlife than a shotgun.
Kevin 11:56 on 2011/02/03 Permalink
@Rich, Are you saying that people who actively and legally enjoy the environment should not be allowed to preserve it? What is wrong with knowing exactly where the food they eat comes from?
Rich 22:27 on 2011/02/04 Permalink
Nah, I actually agree with all the points walkerp makes. It just amuses me to point out the awesome irony of the situation.