Dappled Grackle

The writer of the editorial claims that hunting is the only cause of the decline in the population of dappled grackle in the Big Dark Swamp and Gordon Act should not be reauthorized unless it includes the same provisions of the Wayne County.

Firstly, the Gordon Act prohibits the building of roads and cutting of old grown trees in the swamp but permits hunting.The editor blames the logging activities for the decline in the population of the dappled grackle. The editors claims are unsubstantiated with evidences that can enumerate that the logging activities are the only cause for the decline in the population of these birds. There might be other causes such as the decrease in the food resources and hence higher competition for the same food resource, or hunting of the prey that thedappled grackle feeds on. Hence, the real cause has to be found out by undergoing a detailed case study of the effects of both hunting and logging or any other similar harmful activities like mining etc.

Although cutting old trees has been prohibited, it looks like logging activities are still permitted. Hence, we can say that there still
He is forgetting the harmful effects of hunting and his assumptions are not well substantiated with any evidence. The writer is making an analogy that the same provisions as that of the Wayne County in the Gordon act can prevent the decline in these birds. The writer is assuming that similar environmental conditions exists in both these Counties. Here, the diversity of the species of birds,animal and trees in both must be considered and a detailed study is required which can predict the cause and effect if such amendments are made in the Gordon