When Good Monks Go Bad

Thoughtful piece ...

Here's a thought: What kind of karma would I cause by marking this Good Stuff?

Ah, what the heck, lets see - Good Stuff.

kerren, Good stuff, Unfortunately this seems to be the demise of a lot of species in North America.

North American salmon and other native fish breeding grounds past, present and future are being decimated, because European settlers in the 19th century introduced Carp into our waters (As a food source). Carps prolific breeding soon took over all North American waters, with the exception of some lakes and streams in Pacific West.  This lack of knowledge on the European settlers part resulted in native fish spawning grounds being decimated by Carp.

Carp who can grow to a meter in length and hit 60 pounds are bottom feeders and can lay up to half a million eggs. This resulted in Native species depositing their eggs in deeper colder waters where the male fish could not reach the eggs. 

Another note, not publicly known, is 17th European settlers on the East Coast introduced Earthworms and Bees to assist in soil and crop development, and livestock, vital to their survival.  Earthworms and Bees as well as todays livestock were not native to North America.  Though some earthworms existed on the West coast.  Not to get into Environment changes with species, but to make a long story short it wreaked havoc with the eco system resulting in the American Indian warring and fighting with the European settlers who upset North American Indians own long established native food supply, in the end the North American Indians were moved away, mostly by force or necessity for survival.

Let's just say, the North American Indians knew the environmental consequences 400 years ago, and only in the last 3 decades is Modern Environmental Science catching up in this knowledge in what people nowadays  in modern society deem First Nations Indians as uneducated and backwards. In ending sometimes Book Smarts, just can't compete with historical knowledge and traditions brought to us by First Nations elders wisdom, past, present and future.   "Food for Thought" and Lost by many.