[CPEO-MEF] BIOTA: Ft. Polk (LA) snake

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Fort Polk conservation branch aids threatened Louisiana pine snake

Alexandria Town Talk (LA)
July 8, 2009



FORT POLK - It's probably safe to say that snakes, as a species, aren't 
going to win any popularity contests. It can be hard to have warm, 
cuddly feelings toward something with scales, fangs and possibly poison.
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Bite potential aside, snakes deserve the same help as any of their 
wildlife counterparts - cute or not, biologists say.

"I understand there is some innate fear that people have about snakes. 
To a lot of people, a snake is a bad thing. We are constantly trying to 
change their minds," said Christopher A. Melder, contract wildlife 
biologist at Fort's Polk's Directorate of Public Works, Environment and 
Natural Resources Management Division, Conservation Branch.

One snake in a bit of a tight spot is the Louisiana pine snake. Without 
some help from Fort Polk's conservation branch, it could be in danger of 
fading away.



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For the entire article, see
http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20090708/NEWS01/90708032

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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