Rural Wisconsin? Where about. I'm near Spring Green, about a half hour or s=
o
west of Madison.
Mike S.
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Rob Danielson <> wrote:
> At 12:08 PM -0700 3/13/09, Bernie Krause wrote:
> ...
>
> >One of this issues is that we haven't
> >been able to resolve is the myriad complex ways in which different
> >types of noise affect different species. I. e., a prop plane vs jet vs
> >helicopter. A truck vs straight-piping motorcycle. Etc. Etc. But we do
> >have some general data on that issue that can be shown in spectrogram
> >series (before-during-after).
> >
> >Bernie
>
> Hi Bernie--
> Do think you we might have to rely on our animal intuitions that tell
> us that noise "ain't good" and keep generating evidence (while we
> can)? The main response to man-made sonic intrusions through
> all-night monitoring here in a rural Wisconsin seems to be broken-off
> communications. We can assume that some communications are not
> initiated as well.
>
> As you know, the slightest amount of wind in woody/grassy locations
> will curtail many air-borne communications too. I think of the the
> man-made intrusions as adding (many) more "wind" hours, at the very
> least.
>
> I do think its also important for each of us to become more aware of
> the stresses noise creates in us in order to accelerate our learning.
> Once we culturally and consciously value quiet to a great extent,
> which I trust will eventually take place, the work required to
> reclaim it will be easier to justify. Rob D.
>
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ms
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