I think I could speak for a large number of CP enthusiasts who would say
they abhor the idea of plants being removed from the wild, but equally
abhor the destruction of stands of plants, for whatever reason, without
some effort being done to save those plants. Collecting the seeds, I
would agree, is a sincere effort to keep the species from disappearing,
but it does nothing to save the existing plants/habitat. I am deeply
committed to the concept of preserving what we have now ... not just
the hope of re-establishing \323what we had\323 at a later date.
Thanks for the dialogue, Michael. This is exactly what this forum is for. :-)
Ken Cusson
(ccskenc@redshift.com or ken@casadyg.com)