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Losing
Good Neighbors
FOR
THE SAFETY of all residents and due to an
increase in “disturbing coyote encounters,” the
animals would have to be trapped and removed, an
email from my apartment complex announced last
June. Some of my neighbors had been sending
emails detailing alarming encounters with the
canids. When I heard howling or yipping at
night, on the other hand, I opened my windows
and listened.
Access
to flora and fauna was one of the reasons I
chose this apartment, which sits on a large
parcel of land next to a golf course and the
Willamette River. Migrating geese rest on the
neighboring rooftop, bald eagles perch in the
Douglas fir trees, and, yes, coyotes roam the
grounds. As dense human neighborhoods sprawl
closer to wildlife, this type of human-nonhuman
crossover in urban areas is becoming more
prevalent. But this can be dangerous when we
humans do nothing to understand the wildlife and
expect animals to play by our rules.
Earth
Island’s Project Coyote estimates that half a
million coyotes are killed every year in the
United States, but this could be an undercount.
In states like Oregon, private landowners who
deem a coyote on their property to be a
“nuisance animal” can trap and remove them at
any time, without a permit or the need to report
it to local agencies. “Remove” is a euphemism:
These “removed” animals aren’t let out somewhere
else to frolic and live out their lives. They
are killed.
In her latest column, Tove
Danovich writes about how many people want to
move into the so-called Wildland-Urban
Interface, where they can live close to nature,
yet they don’t want to learn how to live with
their wild
neighbors. | |
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In
Florida, a state with a massive number of homes
vulnerable to flooding — a growing risk driven
by rising seas, wetter storms and more powerful
hurricanes — it’s nearly impossible for
prospective buyers to identify flood-prone
neighborhoods and streets. (Miami
Herald) | |
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“To
walk around America’s largest Superfund site
presents three major risks. First, no one had
ever attempted the route....
Second, the route requires
trespassing.... Third, the route
includes several miles of bushwhacking,
high-security fences, a crossing of the
Continental Divide, and six miles of freeway
walking. The attempt felt subversive in a way
the others didn’t.” (Longreads) | |
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This
video of The Lost Words Blessing song
created by the talented students of the Wangari Maathai
School in Berlin is an ode to nature, art,
words forgotten, and all creatures great and
small living on the third rock from the sun. (Facebook) | |
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When
Trump first suggested carving “Freedom Cities”
out of federal land two years ago, his plan
didn’t get much notice. Now, the audacious idea
— which revolves around tech-driven company
towns exempt from most environmental, labor, and
tax laws — is gaining traction. (Bloomberg
Tax) | |
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From: Editors,
Earth Island Journal <edi...@earthisland.org>Date:
сб, 3 мая 2025 г., 2:45 Subject: Losing Good
Neighbors |
