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Kirby Adams

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I'm an amateur ecologist, amateur writer, amateur photographer, amateur everything ad infinitum. I'm only 35, so I'll figure out what I want to be when I grown up. Plenty of time, yet. I suppose you could call me a professional coral farmer. Yes, I spend most of my days propagating coral for sale to the aquarium trade. There are probably very few people who handle as many live Cnidarians as I do, especially surprising given that I live in Michigan.

Working on a website for "armchair ecologists." Those would be people who like to study ecology as a hobby, not people who study the microbial communities on chair arms.

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11/06/2009 8:40 pm - Wolves, Moose, and Nutrient Flows at Isle Royale National Park : Thank you!
11/05/2009 4:56 pm - Wolves, Moose, and Nutrient Flows at Isle Royale National Park : I'm generally considered odd because this is exactly the kind of thing I'd search for and think about on a hike! I'd love to see the papers, tomp. (I'm partially laid up at the moment and can't get to the library anyway.) The idea that every single minuscule event in ...
10/29/2009 3:29 pm - Bison Will Soon Roam Again at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve : [quote]I once had to tell a busload of tourists that there are lots of things to see on that stretch of interstate.[/quote] So, you're saying we shouldn't believe anything you say?
10/29/2009 3:25 pm - Server Maintenance Could Briefly Knock The Traveler Off-Line Saturday Morning : That's just great. Where am I supposed to go if I want to argue about guns and mountain bikes during those two hours?
10/29/2009 7:50 am - Bison Will Soon Roam Again at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve : It's on my list, too. Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge is right down the road from the Preserve, on the other side of Emporia. The problem is it's a really boring 12 hour drive from my house to Emporia.
10/28/2009 7:23 pm - Reader Participation Day: Is Your Guidebook Actually Bound, Or Do You Prefer Pixels? : Sharpie, Kurt. It will rub off if you wipe it or get it wet immediately after writing, but after several minutes it's usually permanent unless you wipe it with acetone. And since I rarely fall into acetone-filled streams, it's all good.
10/28/2009 9:15 am - Reader Participation Day: Is Your Guidebook Actually Bound, Or Do You Prefer Pixels? : I'd say both also. We usually make a small notebook of things we want to see or check out, phone numbers of guides and outfitters, etc. Most of the back-up information is on the computer or books that stay in the car. Once we leave the trailhead it's usually just ...
10/25/2009 6:32 pm - How Does Your Congressional Representative Rank on Environmental Issues? : Mine got a 30 and a 12. I think the 30 is a record high. I often send comments to him, but the comment form on the website has you click which topic you're writing about. I figure every time I click "Environment", it goes right into his spam filter. ...
10/21/2009 10:28 am - This Third Time Was Anything But Charming – SPOT Misuse At Grand Canyon National Park : The helicopter should have dropped them at the county jail to spend some time thinking about their decisions. But seriously, the only solution I see for this is stiffer penalties (either civil fines or criminal charges) for frivolous summoning of emergency aide. That's easy to say, but it begs the ...
10/21/2009 10:19 am - Reader Participation Day: Winter Park Visits, Snow or Sand? : Kicking around the idea of a trip to Everglades or Padre Island....so I guess my answer is "sand."

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