HomeMy WebLinkAbout1/16/2018 Item 9, Evans
From:Pete Evans <
To:E-mail Council Website
Subject:Night time trails etc
SLO City Council,
You may have received some correspondence claiming that night time hikers never see any wildlife and
that the trails are rarely used then. Similar comments about hikers not even seeing any critters during
the day are also rummaging around the community.
In the first case a hiker cannot see much in the dark, and wild critters will avoid us with a passion at all
times anyway, so how in heck would a night time hiker even know about these things? With the noise and
perhaps lighting hikers use all wildlife would be long gone, against their inclination to roam freely.
During the day the critters, those not already hiding out because of their nocturnal habits, will be even
more prone to avoid the species most responsible for their loss of habitat and safety, humans. So I feel
the arguments listed above are not valid.
According to the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: loss of wildlife is "biological
annihilation".
We should be doing all we can to preserve fragile reserves of wildlife and their habitat. Our personal
fancies should come in a distant third to those goals.
Pete Evans
SLO
If you picked up a starving dog and made him prosperous, he will not bite you. That is the principal difference
between dog and man."
--Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar
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