Climate and Wildlife in the Rockies
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“… climate change as the ‘ultimate wild card’…”
“We need to recommit to …wilderness”
” … called for the protection of wildlife-migration corridors.”
” … taking on big conservation challenges, including … land acquisitions..”
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Summit Daily News (Summit County, Colorado)
October 6, 2008
State leaders call for focus on wildlife
BY Bob Berwyn
KEYSTONE – Without major changes in policy, deer,
elk and other wild animals could soon be crowded
out of Colorado by sprawling growth, energy
development and climate change, according to a
panel of experts meeting Monday in Keystone for a
wildlife conservation summit.
“The number and severity of threats facing
wildlife is unprecedented in our history,” said
Colorado Division of Wildlife director Tom
Remington, listing oil- and-gas development,
population growth, coal-and- uranium mining as
key issues, and singling out climate change as
the “ultimate wild card” as a factor that cuts
across all areas of conservation.