Hello Everybody: I trust you all had a Happy Thanksgiving. I felt obliged to write this message regarding wetland destruction in Ohio. I feel that this subject would be acceptable to our readers regarding the loss of 90-95 % of our original natural wetlands in Ohio. I have been observing a good example of just how we have lost some of nature's most important wildlife habitat, flood control, etc. Sometime when you are birding near the Funk Bottoms, take time to observe the recent destruction of a wetland area on the north side of St. Rt. 95., directly across from state controlled land. Yes, it is private land. And I would suppose there are those that would argue the property owner has the right to do what he pleases with his land. Yes, I guess he does. But, until we care enough, we will continue to lose that last 5% of our original wetlands in Ohio to corn and soybean fields. As my wife wrote in her poem, "God's Good Earth", "We've drained and filled and taken of His land for selfish use! How much more damage can we do? How much more self-abuse?" Do we care enough?? Don Plant, Perrysville, Ohio (Mohican Country) ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]