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 Web References

1. 1. EARTHFILES - Environmental Updates and Mysterious Deaths of 2000 Atlantic Brant Geese

   www.lindamoultonhowe.com/earth - [Cached]

   Published on: 2/18/2001   Last Visited: 8/2/2001

   - Tracy Casselman , U. S. Fish and Wildlife -
   
   Dead Atlantic brant geese collected for lab studies by U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. at Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge , Oceanville , New Jersey. Photo courtesy USFWS.
   
   February 18 , 2001 New York City - Increasing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the earth's atmosphere ARE raising the global average mean temperature , physicists say , and 100 nations have ratified the Kyoto Protocol that requires a cutback in emissions. But none of those nations are industrial like the United States , which is responsible for 25% of the world's atmospheric pollution.
   ...
   This week I talked with Tracy Casselman , Deputy Project Leader for the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service at the Forsythe Refuge in Oceanville , New Jersey.
   
   Atlantic brant male goose courtesy feathersie@cyborganic.net
   
   Interview
   
   Tracy Casselman , Deputy Project Leader for the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service at the Edwin B. Forsythe Wildlife Refuge , Oceanville , New Jersey : We didn't find any birds north of us , a few south of us , but everything seemed to be concentrated right around the impoundment.
   
   WHICH IS IRONIC BECAUSE THE IMPOUNDMENT WAS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO PROTECT THE BIRDS AND PROVIDE FEED FOR THEM.
   
   Right. And when you are a manager of a facility like this and you spend a whole year to get the impoundment in shape for birds that migrate and they come down and start dying , it really takes you aback. It's really a strong impact when you are spending day after day picking up dead birds out of this impoundment that should have healthy feeding birds.
   
   Symptoms What I've seen with these birds is that when they get sick , they seem to isolate themselves from the flock probably because they can't keep up or perhaps because they can't handle the pecking order. They tend to swim off by themselves which brant do not do.
   ...
   So Tracy Casselman and his U. S. Fish and Wildlife colleagues continue to sample the plants and water for signs of any unusual substances. Also , many laboratories are now involved , including the Madison , Wisconsin Wildlife Disease Lab , the Department of Agriculture , Southeast Cooperative Disease Control and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. All are trying to figure out what is killing the Atlantic brant geese.
   
   If anyone finds a dead goose on the New Jersey coast , please call the Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge at 609-652-1665.
   
   Websites

2. 2. EARTHFILES - Environmental Updates and Mysterious Deaths of 2000 Atlantic Brant Geese

   www.lindahowe.com/earth212.htm - [Cached]

   Published on: 2/18/2001   Last Visited: 8/2/2001

   - Tracy Casselman , U. S. Fish and Wildlife -
   
   Dead Atlantic brant geese collected for lab studies by U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. at Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge , Oceanville , New Jersey. Photo courtesy USFWS.
   
   February 18 , 2001 New York City - Increasing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the earth's atmosphere ARE raising the global average mean temperature , physicists say , and 100 nations have ratified the Kyoto Protocol that requires a cutback in emissions. But none of those nations are industrial like the United States , which is responsible for 25% of the world's atmospheric pollution.
   ...
   This week I talked with Tracy Casselman , Deputy Project Leader for the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service at the Forsythe Refuge in Oceanville , New Jersey.
   
   Atlantic brant male goose courtesy feathersie@cyborganic.net
   
   Interview
   
   Tracy Casselman , Deputy Project Leader for the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service at the Edwin B. Forsythe Wildlife Refuge , Oceanville , New Jersey : We didn't find any birds north of us , a few south of us , but everything seemed to be concentrated right around the impoundment.
   
   WHICH IS IRONIC BECAUSE THE IMPOUNDMENT WAS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO PROTECT THE BIRDS AND PROVIDE FEED FOR THEM.
   
   Right. And when you are a manager of a facility like this and you spend a whole year to get the impoundment in shape for birds that migrate and they come down and start dying , it really takes you aback. It's really a strong impact when you are spending day after day picking up dead birds out of this impoundment that should have healthy feeding birds.
   
   Symptoms What I've seen with these birds is that when they get sick , they seem to isolate themselves from the flock probably because they can't keep up or perhaps because they can't handle the pecking order. They tend to swim off by themselves which brant do not do.
   ...
   So Tracy Casselman and his U. S. Fish and Wildlife colleagues continue to sample the plants and water for signs of any unusual substances. Also , many laboratories are now involved , including the Madison , Wisconsin Wildlife Disease Lab , the Department of Agriculture , Southeast Cooperative Disease Control and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. All are trying to figure out what is killing the Atlantic brant geese.
   
   If anyone finds a dead goose on the New Jersey coast , please call the Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge at 609-652-1665.
   
   Websites