Reintroducing Grizzlies & More On Avian Influenza
Reintroducing Grizzlies & More On Avian Influenza plus Food Forethought. I'm Greg Martin with today's Northwest Report.
Cougars and wolves and grizzlies, oh, my! If an advocacy group gets their way people in the Selway-Bitterroot area of Idaho and Montana would see the reintroduction of grizzly bears. The Center for Biological Diversity hopes to restart a proposal that was finalized in 2000 but stalled. The group says that the 16-million-acre area could support 300 to 600 bears and would help connect grizzlies in Yellowstone National Park with other populations of the animals.
Officials are stressing that there is no danger to the public with the announcement of the discovery of avian influenza in Washington State. Kent Catlin is the Deputy Director of the Whatcom County Sheriffs Office Division of Emergency Management and he says that so far only wild birds are showing symptoms of the influenza.
CATLIN: There's no reports of avian influenza in domestic poultry population in Washington State. I think for most folks it's a little bit confusing based on what's happening up in Canada where it's the reverse situation where they have a different strain of the virus that is impacting their poultry production
Now with today's Food Forethought, here's Lacy Gray.
Tis the season for giving, and sadly the crooks out there know this. As the minutes and hours tick down to Christmas this week they are frantically stepping up their game to scam or fraud unsuspecting victims. This isn't to say everyone asking for a donation is a con artist, and I'm not saying don't be generous; just be careful in your giving. Do not give out personal account information or social security numbers over the phone or the internet, and never give a caller or doorbell ringer money, whether it's cash, checks, wiring money or debit card numbers. One senior victim of fraud stated, "You trust people, and I guess that's what you shouldn't do." Even though her reaction is understandable, I would have to disagree. You can still trust the majority of the people; you just have to be very sure of whom you put your trust in. You can still give generously, just give wisely.
Thanks Lacy. That's today's Northwest Report. I'm Greg Martin on the Ag Information Network of the West.
