Things are not so Ducky in Arkansas in Recent Years

People in Arkansas, like people in many areas, are not sure whether global warming is media hype or reality. There is plenty of anecdotal evidence to make one wonder. And if things are warming up, are human activities causing it? The president of the Arkansas Wildlife Federation, David Carruth, has been looking over data from the National Wildlife Federation and he is concerned. Arkansas is known among duck hunters for the largest overwintering population of ducks in the country and Mr. Carruth is a duck hunter. It appears that warmer winters are causing the ducks to stop off in areas further north for the winter.

David Carruth was one of the global warming naysayers until he started looking at the science a year and a half ago. Along with the National Wildlife Federation, which recently released a booklet titled The Waterfowler’s Guide to Global Warming, he is trying to convince duckhunters to pressure the federal government to take the issue of global warming seriously.

As the evidence of climate change and the count of species mounts, it is not only the duck hunters who should be concerned. The current rate of species extinction is aproximately 10,000 times greater than it was before man settled the planet - a loss of over 17,000 species per year. If mankind does not take action to balance its activites with the natural systems of the world, much more than duck hunting may be at stake.

Link: No global warming? from the Arkansas Times

Posted by Eric La Fountaine at 3:50 PM on September 15, 2005

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