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Frances and I went for a foray upstate
today to walk in the woods beside the Hudson. Very pleasant it was
too, also the cleansing ale afterwards. While partaking of that beverage,
I happened to glance at the front page of the Poughkeepsie Journal on the
bar: the lead story was about turtle
habitat!
It emerges that if cattle are prevented from
grazing the borders of swamps bog turtles cannot breed there. So the
farmers whose land borders some swamps are going to get assistance to shift
their fences to the waterline to from better turtle habitat.
Perhaps this news will inform the debate if the
Phalarope Phence is re-established at Kelly's this year.
Martin
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