Michael,
I agree with you, provided that persistence and involvement in a community
are indeed sufficient to gain access to this information. I fear that it
will not be. Remember that persistence is not the sole prerogative of the
enthusiast.
Alas, my six years at university did not leave me with any qualifications
that could be considered even remotely related to biology.
On several occasions I have tried, without success, to convince rangers to
allow me to "stray from the path" to visit an area that I thought might
contain CP. Presumably a degree in entomology would have enabled me to
trample as many D. adelae as I desired.
In Australia many sites of interest require a degree of effort to visit
that would discourage all but the most interested observers. I would
consider this quite sufficient for protecting most sites here from
excessive visitation.
Regards,
Paul.