Post by Bama BrianPost by MattPost by chatnoirPost by Bama BrianPost by MattSnakes, both on the mountain and in government!: ______________
This guy has a problem with snakes, but makes very valid
points. He should, however, get a CCW permit. Lakewood can't
ban concealed-carry with a permit.
http://www.lewrockwell.com/crovelli/crovelli19.html
Sounds like there is a problem with dogs off of leashes! As for
snakes, it sounds like there are too many dogs up there! People
come to open areas with wildlife and then they can't manage
without destroying without destroying wildlife! Amazing!
Did you read the cited essay? Apparently not, since you haven't
suggested fighting off a mountain lion on Rattlesnake Hill with
your coat and car keys.
The "essay" exaggerates just a tad. There hasn't been a mountain
lion in that
area as long as I've lived around here (25 years now). There aren't
exactly a
ton of "poisonous snakes" either, certainly not down where the
hiking trails
are. I wonder where the folk were when they ran into one. Green
Mountain is not
a "rural area" in the least.
Then why does the essayist include a picture of a sign warning about
how to deal with mountain lions? Is there such a sign on Rattlesnake
Hill/ Green Mountain? It's EZ enough to verify it, for someone who
lives there.
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Cheers,
Bama Brian
Libertarian
Do you even live in Colorado????
I would guess not, or he would know that Colorado uses the same signs
everywhere
that the Wildlife folk work on. There is no "Rattlesnake Hill" and
hasn't been for
at least 25 years. I got lost there, many years ago, and certainly
didn't run into
any wildlife, just a bunch of drunk jeep drivers.
For your information, "Bama", the majority of mountain lions are north
of here, in
the Boulder area. I think I read about one down in the springs (that
would be Colorado
Springs, if you don't live here), but that was last year. We have lots
of foxes, a bunch
of squirrels, and various deer, but not a lot of big game.
Using Google Earth I see two Green Mountains in Lakewood, just SW of
Denver.
Green Mountain Park in the town itself has a soccer field - I think - and
is bordered on the north by some homes. To the east is a barren space
between tract homes. Due west of GM Park, out of the urban area, is
Green Mountain itself. From all appearances it is as barren as the
writer says.
Hm. Green Mountain Park is at the edge of Alameda Parkway, just west
of the
actual "city" of Lakewood (if you'd ever been here, you'd understand
the quotation
marks). It is somewhat nearer to the mountains than any of the rest of
the area,
but is really right in the center of a populated area. I drive by it
all the time.
Post by Bama BrianI think the author of that article is likely correct. Read this:http://www.ci.lakewood.co.us/index.cfm?&include=/PD/animalcontrol/
lions.cfm
or:http://tinyurl.com/4mjozu
Yes, our idiot gov't. They love to scare people. As I said, no
mountain lion sitings
there since I've lived here, and I've lived in Lakewood for a long
time. Before that
I lived in Golden, which is even closer to the mountains and doesn't
have lions either.
Of course, before that, I grew up in NYC, where there are VERY few
mountain lions :)
Post by Bama BrianAnd BTW, the sign in the photo in that article has a Colorado seal on it.
Well, yeah, its a Colorado Dept of Wildlife sign. They put them up on
open space. Why,
I'm not sure, since it is Jefferson County Open Space, rather than
Colorado.
Matt