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EDITOR's NOTE. Kurt Johnson, lepidopterist & co-author of the recent book
NABOKOV's BLUES, cooments on recent Russian proposal.
I suggest you read the posting from bottom to top.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kurt Johnson" <belina@dellnet.com>
>
> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (62
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> Any activity regarding the Karner Blue would require a complex permitting
> process through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/ Dept. of Endangered
> Species. This is difficult enough for moving any population of the Karner
> Blue about within the USA-- for instance, even to plant Lupinus to enhance
a
> site where Karner Blues are now protected requires the acquiring of plants
> from the same historical/ecological area etc. Ecologists who advise the
> USFWS are also basically reluctant to move populations of the butterfly
out
> of situ into new areas, unless these have a specific history re past
Karner
> Blue populations etc. and the parent stock is essentially the same as the
> lost population. Thus, all other arguments/opinions aside, it's unlikely
> that USFWS would ever OK the exporting of the Karner Blue to another
> country/[=biological realm].
>
> Kurt Johnson
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: D. Barton Johnson <chtodel@GTE.net>
> To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 2:34 PM
> Subject: Russia to save Karner Blue?
>
>
> > EDITOR's NOTE. NABOKV-L recently ran a piece from the New York Times
about
> > the campaign to save Nabokov's "Karner's Blue" that he describes in
PNIN.
> > The URL below has an Izvestiya article (in Russian) in which the
> journalist
> > proposes that Russia become the saviour of the species. The rationale is
> > that Russia has a lot of the wild flower lupine and the American
> butterfly
> > is imperiled because lupine habitat is declining. One suspects the
> > journalist doesn't know that there are a huge number of lupine
> species--only
> > one of which (presumably) is the host plant for Karner Blues.
> > Oleg Dorman, who submitted the item, is a Moscow film maker who is
> > working on a Nabokov documentary.
> > ---------------------------
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Oleg Dorman" <dorman@cityline.ru>
> > To: "Vladimir Nabokov Forum" <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 12:10 PM
> > Subject: IN UNICODE ENCODING
> >
> >
> > > This message was originally submitted by dorman@CITYLINE.RU to the
> > NABOKV-L
> > > AND HERE GOES AN ARTICLE FROM THE TODAY ISSUE OF A MAJOR RUSSIAN
> NEWSPAPER
> > > "IZVESTIA" ABOUT NABOKOV'S BLUES! I HOPE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO READ IT.
THE
> > > ADDRESS OF THE INTERNET PAGE IS
> > > http://www.izvestia.ru/izvestia/article/222035
> >
> > > "Известия"
> > > N 131 (25723) от 18.07.2000, cтраница: 12
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Общество
> >
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > --
> > > ----
>
NABOKOV's BLUES, cooments on recent Russian proposal.
I suggest you read the posting from bottom to top.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kurt Johnson" <belina@dellnet.com>
>
> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (62
lines) ------------------
> Any activity regarding the Karner Blue would require a complex permitting
> process through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/ Dept. of Endangered
> Species. This is difficult enough for moving any population of the Karner
> Blue about within the USA-- for instance, even to plant Lupinus to enhance
a
> site where Karner Blues are now protected requires the acquiring of plants
> from the same historical/ecological area etc. Ecologists who advise the
> USFWS are also basically reluctant to move populations of the butterfly
out
> of situ into new areas, unless these have a specific history re past
Karner
> Blue populations etc. and the parent stock is essentially the same as the
> lost population. Thus, all other arguments/opinions aside, it's unlikely
> that USFWS would ever OK the exporting of the Karner Blue to another
> country/[=biological realm].
>
> Kurt Johnson
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: D. Barton Johnson <chtodel@GTE.net>
> To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 2:34 PM
> Subject: Russia to save Karner Blue?
>
>
> > EDITOR's NOTE. NABOKV-L recently ran a piece from the New York Times
about
> > the campaign to save Nabokov's "Karner's Blue" that he describes in
PNIN.
> > The URL below has an Izvestiya article (in Russian) in which the
> journalist
> > proposes that Russia become the saviour of the species. The rationale is
> > that Russia has a lot of the wild flower lupine and the American
> butterfly
> > is imperiled because lupine habitat is declining. One suspects the
> > journalist doesn't know that there are a huge number of lupine
> species--only
> > one of which (presumably) is the host plant for Karner Blues.
> > Oleg Dorman, who submitted the item, is a Moscow film maker who is
> > working on a Nabokov documentary.
> > ---------------------------
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Oleg Dorman" <dorman@cityline.ru>
> > To: "Vladimir Nabokov Forum" <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 12:10 PM
> > Subject: IN UNICODE ENCODING
> >
> >
> > > This message was originally submitted by dorman@CITYLINE.RU to the
> > NABOKV-L
> > > AND HERE GOES AN ARTICLE FROM THE TODAY ISSUE OF A MAJOR RUSSIAN
> NEWSPAPER
> > > "IZVESTIA" ABOUT NABOKOV'S BLUES! I HOPE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO READ IT.
THE
> > > ADDRESS OF THE INTERNET PAGE IS
> > > http://www.izvestia.ru/izvestia/article/222035
> >
> > > "Известия"
> > > N 131 (25723) от 18.07.2000, cтраница: 12
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Общество
> >
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > --
> > > ----
>