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  • From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Lions and elephants on the Great Plains?
  • Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 23:15:47 -0400

Toby Hemenway wrote:

I'm not really into the idea of bringing large carnivores back, but maybe
big herbivores? How about back-cloning some mastodons or other biggies from
the pliocene/pleistocene and giving these lonely fruits some company?

Populate the American Prairie and similar regional lands elsewhere with low-input, sustainably-grown grass-fed buffalo and bison. Harvest to control populations as needed; market meat within each region - profits get plowed back into the willdcrafted, sustainably-grown,
sustainably-harvested native livestock production system.






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