tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post5015786080143152900..comments2023-05-05T07:13:41.889-04:00Comments on Corruption-free Anguilla: Invasive SpeciesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post-56284561534025106262007-12-01T16:28:00.000-04:002007-12-01T16:28:00.000-04:00The quote by Dr. Lazell about Sombrero being an ec...The quote by Dr. Lazell about Sombrero being an ecosystem in balance has caused some confusion.<BR/><BR/>When he said it, in 1999, it was an accurate description of the environment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post-62907114327566295712007-12-01T07:19:00.000-04:002007-12-01T07:19:00.000-04:00Speaking of environmental problems on Wednesday, P...Speaking of environmental problems on Wednesday, Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer of Antigua said officers cannot simply remain in office and prepare papers and reports, they must go out into the field and monitor developments. "They need to have a greater sense of responsibility," he added.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post-67081587065425866312007-11-30T08:59:00.000-04:002007-11-30T08:59:00.000-04:00Beach morning glory leaves its seeds everywhere an...Beach morning glory leaves its seeds everywhere and is almost impossible to eradicate. If it were there before the mining operation it would have survived. <BR/><BR/>In the book "Marooned," about a Royal Navy sailor who was illegally abandoned on Sombrero and left to die, before there were mining or a lighthouse or anything man made there, describes the island has having almost no vegetation.<BR/><BR/>Mary Walker, who wrote the book about Anguilla's botany, says the plant is an invasive, and that she is both horrified and saddened at what has been allowed to happen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post-83780110529219789932007-11-29T21:37:00.000-04:002007-11-29T21:37:00.000-04:00The Beach Morning Glory probably covered Sombrero ...The Beach Morning Glory probably covered Sombrero before the human mining operations. So maybe things are now back to the natural way and we should not mess with it further.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post-8258582805644560672007-11-29T21:30:00.000-04:002007-11-29T21:30:00.000-04:0013,000 years ago there were no humans in North Ame...13,000 years ago there were no humans in North America, Central America, South America or the Caribbean. Is this species going to be cleaned off next?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post-51501898330341177862007-11-29T15:04:00.000-04:002007-11-29T15:04:00.000-04:00"there was a...gap that existed between what strat..."there was a...gap that existed between what strategies were in place and what was really needed to achieve the desired results."<BR/> - Karim Hodge, October 2006Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post-53041785530874001882007-11-29T13:44:00.000-04:002007-11-29T13:44:00.000-04:00If the prison is full (or approaching that stage) ...If the prison is full (or approaching that stage) and the inmates need some exercise while being fed and housed by courtesy of the taxes and fees we pay, perhaps they can take turns being shipped over to Sombrero under guard and be given the task of removing the stuff. This will be a very useful contribution they can make as part of their rehabilitation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post-65116995889714268652007-11-29T13:12:00.000-04:002007-11-29T13:12:00.000-04:00Clicking on a photograph will always enlarge it to...Clicking on a photograph will always enlarge it to better see the detail.<BR/><BR/>IDMidmitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08966173951425644722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post-10871132426878878212007-11-29T09:27:00.000-04:002007-11-29T09:27:00.000-04:00"Sombrero is an ecosystem in balance." --Dr. J. ..."Sombrero is an ecosystem in balance."<BR/> --Dr. J. Lazell<BR/> Herpetologist<BR/> Harvard University<BR/> 1999<BR/><BR/>No longer. Feeling is believing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post-53304160334704553562007-11-29T09:16:00.000-04:002007-11-29T09:16:00.000-04:00Because of its isolation, Sombrero has a large num...Because of its isolation, Sombrero has a large number of endemic invertebrates (insects). Because only very limited study has been done, their number is not known, but it may be several dozen. <BR/><BR/>Those who depend on income from tourism (which includes nearly all of us) may not care about bugs, but may care about the resulting publicity surrounding these crimes against nature. <BR/><BR/>Who can't hear will feel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post-29412183687201670222007-11-29T09:02:00.000-04:002007-11-29T09:02:00.000-04:00In case there is any doubt about this, all the gre...In case there is any doubt about this, all the greenery surrounding the man in the red shorts in the picture is beach morning glory. A visitor to Sombrero just a month ago reported that "there are vines growing all over the island." <BR/><BR/>If it chokes out what little plant life survived the mining operation in the 19th Century, the insects will have nothing to eat. If there are no insects or edible plants, the two or three species of lizards that are found nowhere in the world except Sombrero will be exterminated as a result of our laziness and negligence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com