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    Thanks Kathy and all.  I will not do the job, but I think it would
    be interesting to see a "revised" edition of "Under the Sea" that
    shows the original and current state side by side.  I suspect it
    would be pretty compelling even if extremely depressing.<br>
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    Norris??  (smiley; I know it probably  needs an oceanographer).<br>
    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Regards,
 
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Dewey Clark
Club Naturalist
Co-District Manager (PA)
Election Committee Chair
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/28/2017 7:13 AM, Kathleen Seiler
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      <div class="">Dear Dewey (and all!) - one more sidenote to your
        ocean topic -</div>
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      <div class="">Eugenie Clark, a pioneering mid-century
        oceanographer, was asked a few years ago before her passing,
        about what she thought the biggest change in the oceans has been
        - and she simply said “overfishing” - she noted that in the past
        50 years, about 50% of ocean life is gone, and she no longer ate
        seafood.</div>
      <div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">     </span>See
        below link for great resource (if you aren’t already aware) and
        you can click on any guide you wish for any area: </div>
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      <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/conservation-and-science/our-programs/seafood-watch"
        class="">http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/conservation-and-science/our-programs/seafood-watch</a>
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      </div>
      <div class="">Microplastics p.s. - a few weeks ago in the Wash.
        Post Health/Science section, this topic! and even when you wash
        your polartecs & other polyesters, the small strands can add
        into the water system (found even in Arctic waters).  Yeesh!
         Plus, some facial soaps & other personal products - check
        the labels esp. if they tout “microabrasion”</div>
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      <div class="">Tying in to lionfish - I saw that a group in FL is
        doing “contests” from time to time to see who can spearfish the
        most… and restaurants are beginning to offer them on their menus
        :*)  Raising awareness!</div>
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      <div class="">One of my past students now does undersea research
        for NOAA, and the last time we talked, they were doing
        population studies in the Gulf to determine the long-term damage
        to nurseries from the Deepwater Horizon incident.  Not good.</div>
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      <div class="">In light of oceans, guess who is the invasive
        species?  :*)</div>
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      <div class="">Kathy Seiler</div>
      <div class="">Blue Ridge Summit</div>
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      </div>
      <div class="">PATC North Chapter & ATC</div>
      <div class="">PA Envirothon volunteer</div>
      <div class="">Outdoor Educator</div>
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          <div class="">
            <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:
              separate; border-spacing: 0px;">"I go to nature to be
              soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order."
               John Burroughs<br class="">
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              <div class="">On Feb 24, 2017, at 1:16 PM, frazmo <<a
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                  class="">frazmo@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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                  <div class="">In addition to the nightmarish plastics
                    problem, overfishing continues to be a huge issue.
                    And, invasive species cause harm to oceanic
                    ecosystems as well. The Lionfish in the Atlantic and
                    Caribbean is one scary example:<br class="">
                    <br class="">
                    <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                      href="http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/lionfish.html"
                      class="">http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/lionfish.html</a><br
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                  And OK, sorry for the brief departure from invasive
                  plants! ;-)  Cheers, "Arlington VA Steve Young"<br
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                  <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 8:58
                    AM, Steve Young <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a
                        moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="mailto:sly27@cornell.edu" target="_blank"
                        class="">sly27@cornell.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br
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                    <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
                      .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Unfortunately,
                      all is not well with the oceans and this time we
                      are the invasive species. Time to clean up our
                      act, which Rachel Carson would probably agree.
                      Check this out: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/02/11/seas-have-become-plastic-graveyard-can-technology-turn-tide/"
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                          class="">science/2017/02/11/seas-have-<wbr
                          class="">become-plastic-graveyard-can-<wbr
                          class="">technology-turn-tide/</a><br class="">
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                          Steve<br class="">
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                          On 2/24/17, 8:47 AM, "MAIPC on behalf of HTI
                          Gmail" <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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                            href="mailto:historictimekeepers@gmail.com"
                            class="">historictimekeepers@gmail.com</a>>
                          wrote:<br class="">
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                              Wife got me a copy of "The Sea Around Us".<br
                            class="">
                          <br class="">
                              Two things.  One,  Amy, Carson documents
                          some of the impacts of<br class="">
                              "tourism" on ecological communities.<br
                            class="">
                          <br class="">
                              Secondly, she describes oceans teeming
                          with life that literally makes<br class="">
                              the surface boil at night.  Has there been
                          a recent work that more or<br class="">
                              less looks at these same thing today?<br
                            class="">
                          <br class="">
                              This book has made me much more aware of
                          what goes on in the oceans.<br class="">
                              Easy to see why it was a best seller.<br
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                              --<br class="">
                              Regards,<br class="">
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