Jessifly

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has proposed a plan that would allow Washington and Oregon to kill (by lethal injection or shooting) as many as 85 California sea lions each year at the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River, ostensibly to prevent the disappearance of wild salmon from the region. However, this approach is fundamentally flawed for a number of reasons, the main one being that sea lions are only responsible for eating between 2 and 4 percent of the salmon runs. Meanwhile the dam itself kills 2-16 percent of the adult fish, and "harvest" by fishermen is allowed at levels between 4-17 percent each year, so killing sea lions will do virtually nothing to help salmon populations recover. Meanwhile, habitat degradation and threats to the survival of juvenile fish are the two greatest problems facing the salmon, neither of which will be solved by killing sea lions. In fact, the NMFS has presented no evidence that killing sea lions will do anything to save the fish, admitting in their Environmental Assessment that they cannot project "a reliable estimate of any decrease in pinniped predation and corresponding increase in salmonid survival." Rather than offering a legitimate program of action based on scientific study that will actually save the salmon, the NMFS preferred plan to kill sea lions will do little more than allow fishermen to vent their frustration at seeing fish being eaten. Perhaps even more damaging to the conservation cause, it will give the public the impression that something is being done about saving the salmon while in reality their very survival remains at stake. What You Can Do: Please Take Action to oppose the NMFS proposal today. Note that the public comment period closes on Tuesday, February 19th. FOLLOW THIS LINK TO TAKE ACTION

Thanks for posting that, I see the brand my roommates feed their cats on the list so I'll let them know!

surely the word enemy was a typo... epitome that's better

If things go as planned I may be in the area in mid to late May and might be interested in attending if there are any events at the time

That was fun to see, wow your kitchen is super-organized! (You pronounced acai correctly too!)

normally messier....

I know this supplements post is under "bodybuilding" and I'm not a "bodybuilder" but I'm posting mine anyway because I just got my camera replaced and I'm taking pictures like crazy hehehe... I don't actually have a supplement counter, most of my stuff is in the fridge. But I pulled out what I'm using sometimes to regularly.. it varies a lot but this is mostly it right now... most of my "supplements" are just foods. I use coconut oil regularly too but just ran out last night.. New Greens, Vega, Hemp, flax seeds, sprouts, brasil nuts, raw cacao, vanilla beans, ginger, cayenne, b-12, D, cal/mag, etc....

Has anyone taken the RealAge test at Realage.com? I took it a couple years ago before I went vegan and I came out at about my calendar age. I just took it again tonight, with new vegan lifestyle along with other lifestyle changes since 2 years ago I am over 3 years younger! My RealAge is 23.4, my calendar age is 26.6. There are still a few things I can do to lower it still further so I'll have to take it again in the near future to compare again. Just curious if anyone else has taken it, had interesting results, etc?

Aww, thanks Tashie

I had lunch there with Speaklow and Jonzen yesterday (pre-grand re-opening), they have a good chai tea! yum!

I don't think I will because I am SORE from my last workout... I think I need an appointment with lotus instead! haha ..I may change my mind at the last second and opt for a day of snowy sore torture... ...but if not HAVE FUN guys!

Hi Joe! Welcome!

Hafa Adai Dean! Welcome!

Welcome!

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Hi Kumaran! Welcome!

Welcome!

Ditto on what Josh said.... the cellular energy information was interesting.

FYI everyone... I think today is the last day to cast a vote in this poll.... I think I set the poll to close after 15 days, that'd be tomorrow the 25th!

Go into your profile settings and select "yes" to the option "always allow html" (pics are posted using html) Hope this helps!

Exactly.... what Potter said

When I first read about this I was upset that the FDA doesn't feel it necessary to label cloned meat as such...but then I got to thinking that this is a GOOD thing.... less people will eat meat!

Hi Chris! Welcome!

Ahhh, guilty! just kidding! Actually I've been working out with my roommates and between the three of our schedules getting to the gym has been all over the place and kind of spontaneous... we're like "you wanna go?" "ok, let's go!" ....Next time this happens I'll just call you! You seem to go around 7pm... isn't it like prime busy-ness??

Welcome!