I am not posting my resume however this is my background with regards to Conservation Biology. Actually I have got an UC Davis Degree in Agricultural Management and Rangeland Resources. Not apparent to most however the agricultural sciences study extensively both plant and animal biology and before my degree and during my UC Davis schooling I lived on "The Rich Ranch" for 15 years (a 15 year ranch internship) where I managed relationship between wildlife and ranch life. I was allowed 15 years of home taught conservation biology such as Mountain Lion relationship with Cattle, managing the 12 acre ranch pond as a sport fishery with contemporary fishery management techniques, and Wood Duck nesting management. As well during my studies at UC Davis I studied in depth Forestry which is a branch of AGRICULTURE and the importance of staying to the Endangered Species Act. Or making certain endangered species are not exploited when they are on a path to recovery.
As well because of my cross over interests of Agriculture and Conservation Biology I was recruited by Professor Peter B. Moyle Ph.D. (Department of Wildlife Fish and Conservation Biology) for a 2 year UC Davis Independent Studies Program of a 1200 acre reservoir I am Co Managing as a Sport fishery. That program officially ended in 2011 however I am still actively managing the reservoir and continuing the program as a continuation of the independant studies program as a whole and have already produced good results with some of the data collected. As well I am actively talking/consulting with two other UC Davis Professors Professor Douglas Kelt Ph.D. and Professor Dirt Van Vuren Ph.D. and second UC about the reintroductions Pronghorn Antelope (
Antilocapra amaricana oregona) and Tule Elk (
Cervus canadensis nannodes) to the Sierra Nevada rangelands and foothills. This is an attempt to conserve the gold countries western heritage, conserve native species/ecosystems, provide financial incentives to local ranchers to keep cattle ranches long term, provide jobs localy to the area, and provide recreation for people.
As well at an extremely early age, grammar school, I learned ecology and essentials biology from one of the nations top schools UC Berkley Summer Science Camps programs. There I was always surrounded by scholars one of whom I happened to meet again at a recent symposium James J. Siegel Ph.D. a Biologist from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Through out all my schooling I have always been top of the class or near top of the class for classes in the sciences. As well during some of my junior college schooling in Southern California during the 1990's I was offered a job on the California Condor Recover team by Senior Biologist Jan Hamber after regular consultations at the Santa Barbara Natural History Museum. That I passed on because I moved to Malibu even though I am consult with the California Condor program today. Plus I just completed a six month internship restoring Endangered Salmonid habitat in Marin County located in Northern California.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/my-...angered-salmonid-habitat-marin-county-136575/
While with Salmon Water And Protection Network the people I approached about restoration programs in Madagascar were extremely interested and I am keeping tabs with their organization. However they are absolutely not for anyone undermining their restoration programs. All that plus some other things I have got going on I think qualifies my to speak and have an opinion about Forestry and Conservation Biology.
You being a former biology educator from a Zoo are saying we should go and collect species that are IUCN Red List Species listed as Endangered and allow them to be sold to the hobby? As an educator that sounds totally against and undermining the ethics of a Zoo's breeding program? These Endangered species are serving no Academic, Conservation, or Scientific purpose? They are not even going to a Zoological society a place that can provide those three attributes.
I am good that I only acquired my one male
Calumma parsonii parsonii. Actually with how much of a gamble it was before the new quotas were made I am glad I held off on buying a female
Calumma parsonii parsonii. I was extremely reluctant to role the dice and buy 12 prospect black market animals and undermine conservation efforts. Chris you are shallow in your depth again I was apart of a
Calumma parsonii parsonii breeding program in the late 1990's that produced baby
Calumma parsonii parsonii. I did not incubate the eggs however I provided the best food imaginable during the summer from my families ranch that produced the babies. Good job Ed! I contributed. I have bred multiple species. However if I finally stayed next to the greenhouse for a extended length of time I would breed more chameleons (I have got a gravid female now). However I am more concerned with keeping the opportunity to keep and breed these chameleons in captivity than how many I have actually bred at this time. Captive breeding chameleons for profit and the hobby actually sounds as branch of Agriculture not a branch of Biology.
Best Regards
Jeremy A. Rich
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