[Pollinator] Bears Vs. Berries (and Pollinators?)

[pkevan@uoguelph.ca]

Thank you for bringing this interesting story to our attention.  It  
does seem that the policy is to remove horticultural and ornamental  
berry producing plants from the urban part of Whistler.  The situation  
described in the article seems not to have much to do with the  
surrounding and more or less natural landscape.

The issue of of bears and berries is so well known that one wonders  
about the IQ of the Whistler city planners and such personnel in  
advocating the use of such planst for "beautification" of the  
"wilderness" resort.

Peter

Quoting RESEARCH Hilton Pond <research at hiltonpond.org>:

>
> I thought the group might be interested in the following article
> describing how Canadian officials are trying to protect people from
> bears by eradicating berry-producing flora. Such action obviously
> would have significant impact on pollinators of these plants.
>
> http://www.squamishchief.com/madison/WQuestion.nsf/WQallstories?OpenView
>
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