http://highrground.com/2009/03/01/sob/ Colorado Real Estate Blog Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:34:09 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://highrground.com/2009/03/01/sob/comment-page-1/#comment-1247 Jody Reale Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:39:48 +0000 http://highrground.com/?p=408#comment-1247 Liz, I agree, this a heck of a mess we've gotten ourselves into. When one of my neighbors started dumping the apples from their tree over the fence into open space, I wondered if they knew they were chumming the waters. I think the simple creed of "don't feed the wildlife" can take us, not all the way, but a long way toward understanding how not to upset nature's delicate balance any more than we already have. Liz, I agree, this a heck of a mess we’ve gotten ourselves into. When one of my neighbors started dumping the apples from their tree over the fence into open space, I wondered if they knew they were chumming the waters. I think the simple creed of “don’t feed the wildlife” can take us, not all the way, but a long way toward understanding how not to upset nature’s delicate balance any more than we already have.

]]> http://highrground.com/2009/03/01/sob/comment-page-1/#comment-556 Liz Ryan Mon, 02 Mar 2009 04:21:42 +0000 http://highrground.com/?p=408#comment-556 I love all of nature, even roaches and slugs. But I think Boulder's response to the recent flurry of critter-encounters (I'm talking about the big, toothy kind that slink up behind you and grab your dog, if you're lucky, rather than you or your kid) is on the lame end of the scale. "They were here first" is good as far as it goes, but La Cucaracha and viruses were here first also, and we don't shrug and say "Look how magnificent they are." We should be a bit more aggressive about discouraging deer from hanging out in Boulder, im my opinion. We have too many deer, and too many cougars. When they're walking down the street (as one mountain lion did on my street - Mariposa, between 14th and 15th, last year) with an expresson, as my 14-year-old daughter put it, "Like butter wouldn't melt," we know that we've been a bit too welcoming for our own good. I love all of nature, even roaches and slugs. But I think Boulder’s response to the recent flurry of critter-encounters (I’m talking about the big, toothy kind that slink up behind you and grab your dog, if you’re lucky, rather than you or your kid) is on the lame end of the scale. “They were here first” is good as far as it goes, but La Cucaracha and viruses were here first also, and we don’t shrug and say “Look how magnificent they are.” We should be a bit more aggressive about discouraging deer from hanging out in Boulder, im my opinion. We have too many deer, and too many cougars. When they’re walking down the street (as one mountain lion did on my street – Mariposa, between 14th and 15th, last year) with an expresson, as my 14-year-old daughter put it, “Like butter wouldn’t melt,” we know that we’ve been a bit too welcoming for our own good.

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