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The monarch butterfly population in their winter home is down 75 percent.

Seventy. Five. Percent.

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[rutemple.livejournal.com]

was that over winter, or is that now when they should actually be leaving town?

in any case, eek.

thank you, Monsanto. not.

[jfb.livejournal.com]

Um, I don't know, but it's compared to the average, and I assume they use a consistent methodology.

Sounds like the problem is two-pronged--pesticides eliminate their food source in the north, and logging eliminates their shelter in the south.

:(

[marm0t.livejournal.com]

end times.

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[jfb.livejournal.com]

Stupid butterflies. I hate... wait, I mean, stupid deforestation.

[extreme contortions in service of a "deaftstation" joke deleted]

[greyaenigma.livejournal.com]

I can't help but wonder if this this is related to the lack of returning salmon on the Columbia. They've been reporting it on the radio, but I can't find a link. They've been expecting thousands, and the current count is something like a few dozen.

As I keep saying, The End Times.

Sigh.

[jfb.livejournal.com]

Google News for salmon columbia (http://news.google.com/news?q=salmon%20columbia&hl=en&lr=&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&sa=N&tab=wn) turns up a bunch of stories about this, and one comparing DePaul University adjunct professor Thomas Klocek to professors at Columbia University and to "Salmon Rushdie". Sounds like it's mostly being blamed on river level fluctuations, which in turn are blamed on dams.

[greyaenigma.livejournal.com]

That's very funny. That's the exact search terms I used, but I only looked at the summaries. And I almost did mention the Rushdie artcile.