Good point, although it was skiers, not walkers, they were compared to. They
might be much quieter, and a lot faster. As for the snowmobiles, I assume
they're talking about those going from A to B, not those zooming around
aimlessly. I can't imagine many animals putting up with that.
Peter Shute
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On 17 Feb 2015, at 7:25 pm, Martin Butterfield
<<>> wrote:
I wonder who sponsored the research that showed snowmobiles were not much of an
issue? My nominations would be some entity associated with snowmobiles. I
have never ridden one of these appalling devices but have come across moose
several times while walking in Canada and the U.S. They paid no attention to
the humans at all but simply carried on grazing or wading as they appeared to
be doing before we arrived.
I tend to be very suspicious of such research that seems to show access by park
people is OK but us mere mortals have to be kept out.
Martin
On Tuesday, 17 February 2015, Peter Shute
<<>> wrote:
This article from the New York Times discusses the effects of recreation on
nature. Surprisingly, one study found that snowmobiles had less effect on moose
than cross country skiers - the animals were less afraid of the machines they
could hear coming and which soon left, than the skiers who they couldn't hear
as well and which stayed longer.
Not a very Australian example, but it makes you wonder if we birders might have
more effect than we think, wandering slowly and quietly through the bush
looking at stuff.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/opinion/sunday/leaving-only-footsteps-think-again.html<http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/opinion/sunday/leaving-only-footsteps-think-again.html?smid=nytcore-ipad-share&smprod=nytcore-ipad&_r=1>
Peter Shute
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