[ECOLOG-L] Field Guide to Eastern Small Mammal Footprints

Can anyone reccomend a paper or standard field guide to footprints of small mammals of the Eastern U.S.? -- James L. Sparks Jr. M.Sc. Faculty Research Assistant Wildlife and Conservation Ecology Appalachian Laboratory 301 Braddock Rd. Frostburg, Maryland 21532 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 301.689.7200 (off

[ECOLOG-L] Infra-Red Flash Digital Trail Camera Query

I am looking for suggestions for infra red flash digital trail cameras to be used inside of culverts Have you used the Moultrie Game Spy i40, Cuddeback No Flash, or Bushnell Trail Scout? I am interested in your experience and advice concerning trail cameras of this type. Thank you, -- James L. S

Re: Biological Invasion documentary?

The documentary "Cane Toads an Unnatural History" is my personal favorite. Its very well produced and demonstrates the folly often accompanying biological pest control. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0130529/ http://www.amazon.com/Cane-Toads-Unnatural-Tip-Byrne/dp/6302212812 Jim Sparks

How the Creationist Graduate School Got Accredited...

. "Those who can make make us believe absurdities can make us commit atrocities." -Voltaire - Jim Sparks http://www.pandasthumb.org/archives/2004/03/how_the_icr_got.html Now, back in the late 1970s, an accreditation agency called the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and S

Accreditation and Creationism

experience with accrediting procedures. Sincerely, Jim Sparks -- James L. Sparks Jr. M.Sc. Freelance Ecology 4530 E. Seminary Ave. Richmond, VA 23227 804.426.2479 (cell) "Quis custodiet ipso custodes?" -Juvenal

Re: News: Conservatives Split Over Darwin and Evolution

and metaphor of such writing. Jim Sparks On 5/9/07, James J. Roper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Cara, > > I have a feeling that this polarization you are worrying about is very > asymmetrical. While I strongly feel that critical thinking and > scientific thinking are

Possible responses inspired by recent creationist journal (IJCR)

in touch with the people who are interested in facilitating exploration into these possible responses. With a little luck we might have something ready for the August ESA meeting, but probably not the June Mammal meeting. Sincerely, Jim Sparks -- James L. Sparks Jr. M.Sc. Freelance Ecology 4530

Re: FW: Be more willing to get a bloody nose in defense of reality!

ratic process since it threatens our national perception of reality. I would be happy to produce a draft if a few ESA members would be interested in helping me with the draft. I or someone else with a PhD and some clout can basically re-iterate SJ Gould's arguments. Jim Sparks On 5/5/07, ad

Come on guys, put up a fight!

.html Sincerely, Jim Sparks "Quis custodiet ipso custodes?" -Juvenal -- James L. Sparks Jr. M.Sc. Freelance Ecology 4530 E. Seminary Ave. Richmond, VA 23227 804.426.2479 (cell) "Quis custodiet ipso custodes?" -Juvenal

Be more willing to get a bloody nose in defense of reality!

than us. With comparable literacy rates, we should at least be not far behind the UK. We need to buck up, put up our dukes, and be more willing to get a bloody nose in defense of reality. Sincerely, Jim Sparks Acceptance of Evolution as fact: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos

Re: Inaugural Call for Papers for the International Journal of Creation Research (IJCR).

> > >(along with Weekly World > > >News) by some, and ignored by most. > > > > > >Most people can do some math, and given that we have tree-ring, varve, > > >and glacial chronologies far older than the good Bishop Ussher > > >estimated the Earth t

Re: Inaugural Call for Papers for the International Journal of Creation Research (IJCR).

collaborating with creationists or entirely dismiss the idea that this endeavor would undermine scientific methodology. Go ahead and rest on your laurels but don't complain when even the more educated public starts to get confused about the value of "peer review". Criminy! In the

Inaugural Call for Papers for the International Journal of Creation Research (IJCR).

perhaps more subtle Dark Ages. Sincerely, Jim Sparks http://www.icr.edu/ijcr/index.html *International Journal for Creation Research * The Institute for Creation Research is pleased to announce the inaugural Call for Papers for the International Journal of Creation Research (IJCR). IJCR is a

Re: ENERGY Sustainability Biofuels REQUIRED READING FOR EVERY ECOLOGIST? Re: George Monbiot on Biofuels

When we allow the most basic tenets of biology to be eroded by standing mute when political concessions soften evolution, we wind up having this kind of flaky reputation on climate change and other important topics. The fish rots at the head first. Jim Sparks On 3/29/07, Ashwani Vasishth <[EMA

Re: Google and peppered moths

u say? "History may not repeat itself, but it certainly does rhyme" - S.L. Clemens Jim Sparks On 9/1/06, Leslie Mertz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Better, most certainly. Unfortunately, public opinion (and sometimes > student opinion, despite our valiant efforts) is too often m

Re: Maldaptation, Extinction and Natural selection

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