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8 - CAPE GAZETTE, Friday, Dec. 7 - Dec. 13, 2001 Continued from page 7 rel. During the fall and winter months, a lot of these visitors were older people who just want- ed to go out for a ride. Grandpar- ents taking grandchildren out to show them a deer or some other wild animal or birds. Today it is probably a trip for nothing. They direct all the visitors to the refuge via Route 16 into what is known as the office area. If you are not an avid birdwatcher or hiker, there is very little you are going to see, unless maybe you go into the visitor's center to see some critters packed with cotton or whatever. They have either planted the fields adjacent to the entrance road to trees or let them grow up in weeds. The staff has quit mow- ing the sides of the road leading into the Turkle and Fleetwood Pond areas, so if the visitor sees anything here it is going to be in the road. A poorly maintained road at that. There is only one 22-acre field Barefootin' Continued from page 7 transported briefly to a time 2,000 years ago when a spirit took on human form in an attempt to bring people closer together. that can be viewed by the visiting public with untrained human eyes that would not look weedy. These weed fields that were al- ways used by Canada geese for the last 50 or more years, and nu- merous deer in later years. So, if you have untrained human eyes and do not want to see weed fields, do not go to the Primehook National Wildlife Refuge. The biological integrity and en- vironmental health are to be com- parable with conditions that rep- resents natural nonhuman related changes to the landscape. Refuges are to adopt management plans that mimic historical conditions. Marestail and watergrass? I would guess this is the catego- ry the half-million dollar asphalt entrance road and parking areas fall in. This type of road and park- ing areas were probably always there, historically. They want to abolish agriculture on the refuge and let everything go natural, something like marestail and wa- tergrass. This land was taken from the people primarily to preserve coastal wetlands and feeding and resting areas for migratory water- Given the events of Sept. 11 and ongoing bloodshed around the world, the obstacles to that goal seem greater than ever; but that little boy dancing around the Christmas tree - and the Christ- mas parades themselves - prove that the spirit keeps on trying. fowl. Things change. The man- agement feels they have provided for the waterfowl with their 4,200-acre impoundment? I don't know what study showed this. To- day it is neotropical birds, Del- marva fox squirrels and chirono- mids. The only thing you can be sure of is that if it was done by the staff at Primehook, it's the best, the most exciting and probably the first ever done. When claiming credits, they are good. The refuge staff has increased by four fulltime employees, bringing the staff total to nine. The zone biologist and his staff are also stationed at Primehook. How many seasonal employees are there? I have no idea. This has all happened since sometime in 1998. A number of people have com- mented that with this size staff, you would think the roadsides, lawns, etc. could be a little better maintained, even with all of these studies going on. I understand, though, that it is the natural look they are trying to achieve. If you do go to Primehook Na- tional Wildlife Refuge to see the weed fields and you don't see any birds or animals on the asphalt highway, go east on Route 16 to- ward Broadkill Beach. There you can park along the side of the road and watch the marsh destruction by snow geese. Real exciting event. Maybe by the time you vis- it the refuge they will be issuing some type of eyewear so you may be able to view the area a little better - the weed fields, that is. In the future, driving into the office area, the only thing you will probably see is the asphalt high- way. I feel decisions at Primehook are on a personal agenda of what the staff wants; it reflects on the staff working there. According to the newspaper article, the refuge manager is not the one that made the decisions on these weed fields. I was under the impression the refuge manager was the per- son in charge. The refuge has just finished ap- proximately 20 years of "strict law enforcement" studies. It is now entering the tree and weed phase. Remember, this is your refuge; you just don't get to use it. Once the refuge gets these trees and weeds established, you won't get it changed. Think about it. The staff who works at Primehook Na- tional Wildlife Refuge don't own it - it's just some of them who think they do. Otis J. Clifton Milton Don't put a puppy under the tree A puppy is not for Christmas. Those cute cards of a doggy pop- ping out of a box or hanging in a stocking are just that - cute cards. Reality is that a puppy needs lots of care and attention, just what we don't have time for during the holidays. Try this scene: Puppy finds children's new toys are great for chewing. Children cry, puppy gets smacked and joins the wails. Just as Christmas dinner is served, puppy either urinates or vomits on the rug - or worse. Christmas lights are beautiful but can be shocking - literally - to a puppy. Don't ever - Christmas or any- time - give a puppy as a surprise, no matter how much you think the recipient wants one. The person who just lost a dog may still be grieving, or secretly relieved to be free of the responsibility. A kid loves a puppy, for a while at least, but it's usually the mother who winds up feeding and cleaning up after it. Do research at your library, with your veterinarian and with reputable breeders. 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