Re: [mou-net] the buffer bill and bird habitat

2015-03-30 Thread Bill Gausman
So much depends on how the buffer is executed. I haven't read the bill, so I don't know how it is specified. I planted my own buffer with native prairie grasses and flowers, with the hopes that the deep roots would prevent bank erosion. My two neighbors also have buffers, one by leaving the canary

Re: [mou-net] the buffer bill and bird habitat

2015-03-29 Thread Bob Holtz
@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: [mou-net] the buffer bill and bird habitat Bird Advocates of Minnesota As you know, the Governor has proposed legislation to create 50 foot vegetation buffers along lakeshore, streams, rivers, and ditches throughout the state. If enacted, this "initiative for water qu

[mou-net] the buffer bill and bird habitat

2015-03-28 Thread Gordon Andersson
Bird Advocates of Minnesota As you know, the Governor has proposed legislation to create 50 foot vegetation buffers along lakeshore, streams, rivers, and ditches throughout the state. If enacted, this "initiative for water quality and habitat" would benefit pheasants and other grassland birds,