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Wildlife advocates concerned over feds' decision to allow potent gopher poison
Wildlife advocates say Ottawa's authorization of the emergency use of strychnine in Alberta and Saskatchewan to target gophers is a disappointing reversal of a previous decision rejecting its use.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/strychnine-emergency-use-gopher-alberta-saskatchewan-9.7149198?cmp=rss

CBC Canada 3d ago

Wildlife advocates 'disappointed' by feds' decision to allow strychnine
Wildlife advocates say Ottawa's authorization of the emergency use of strychnine in Alberta and Saskatchewan to target gophers is a disappointing reversal of a previous decision rejecting its use.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/strychnine-emergency-use-gopher-alberta-saskatchewan-9.7149198?cmp=rss

CBC Edmonton 3d ago

Wildlife advocates 'disappointed' by feds' decision to allow strychnine
Wildlife advocates say Ottawa's authorization of the emergency use of strychnine in Alberta and Saskatchewan to target gophers is a disappointing reversal of a previous decision rejecting its use.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/strychnine-emergency-use-gopher-alberta-saskatchewan-9.7149198?cmp=rss

CBC Calgary 3d ago

Wildlife advocates 'disappointed' by feds' decision to allow strychnine
Wildlife advocates say Ottawa's authorization of the emergency use of strychnine in Alberta and Saskatchewan to target gophers is a disappointing reversal of a previous decision rejecting its use.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/strychnine-emergency-use-gopher-alberta-saskatchewan-9.7149198?cmp=rss

CBC Saskatchewan 3d ago

Farmers applaud restricted return of strychnine, experts warn of non-target poisonings
Farmers in some areas of Saskatchewan will once again be allowed to use strychnine to kill gophers. While agricultural groups and farmers applaud the move, some experts say the original ban was a good thing.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/strychnine-return-giving-farmers-hope-experts-raising-red-flags-9.7149105?cmp=rss

CBC Technology Science 4d ago

Sask. hunting organization offers to put gophers in the crosshairs for farmers
The Richardson's ground squirrel destroys crops and creates burrows that can damage machinery and endanger livestock. The use of strychnine to control their numbers is no longer legal.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/sask-hunting-organization-offers-farmers-help-reducing-gopher-population-9.7145340?cmp=rss

CBC Technology Science 4d ago

Ottawa authorizes emergency use of strychnine in Alberta, Saskatchewan to address gopher infestation
Ottawa is authorizing the controlled and time-limited emergency use of strychnine to address millions of dollars worth of damage in Alberta and Saskatchewan caused by an infestation of Richardson's ground squirrels, known colloquially as gophers.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/strychnine-emergency-use-alberta-saskatchewan-9.7148000?cmp=rss

CBC Saskatchewan Mar 28

Sask. hunting organization offers to put gophers in the crosshairs for farmers
The Richardson's ground squirrel destroys crops and creates burrows that can damage machinery and endanger livestock. The use of strychnine to control their numbers is no longer legal.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/sask-hunting-organization-offers-farmers-help-reducing-gopher-population-9.7145340?cmp=rss

TKSST • seethis.tv 🌈🪐✨Mar 20

🐿️🌋 In 1980 researchers helicoptered #gophers onto the barren slopes of Mount St. Helens to test their role as #ecosystem engineers.

By digging through volcanic #ash, the #rodents brought vital mycorrhizal #fungi to the surface and sparked a #plant explosion that's still visible four decades later.

👉 https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a70780384/gophers-mount-st-helens-eruption/

#volcano #ecology #nature #science #biology #washington #mountsthelens #microbes

43 Years Ago, Scientists Dropped Gophers Onto a Volcano. Today, They’re Tiny Heroes.

A bunch of gophers helped restore the plant life around Mount St. Helens after the devastating eruption in May 1980.

Popular Mechanics

Ahimsa Mar 20

"43 Years Ago, Scientists Dropped Gophers Onto a Volcano. Today, They’re Tiny Heroes."

"After the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens devastated the local environment, scientists set a few gophers loose on some patches of ground, hoping they would kick up bacteria and fungi.

That uncovered fungi … created a microbial community that allowed plant life to better obtain and retain nutrients."

#Washington #PNW #Wildlife #Gophers #Environment #MountSaintHelens