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Why would you become a blind pirate?
I don’t get it.
“I didn’t see anything”
OK…
But would it be a problem if I did?Or are there areas to protect invasive species? I don’t think that’s a thing?
So, still don’t get it.
I think the general idea is that you shouldn’t mess with conservation land. The general public isn’t educated enough to know what is invasive and what isn’t, so the rules say don’t disturb stuff. But if someone who was educated was in the park removing invasive species, they are almost certainly “breaking the rules”, but doing a net positive thing.
So if you see it…you didn’t.
ls “conservation land” something special, then?
English Wikipedia seems not to know it, and dictionary translated it to “Landschaftsschutzgebiet” in my language, which is like the most unprotective “protection” category there is.
Basically you could even build a huge tourist ressort or industrial complex in one of those if you know what you are doing…I’m from the states and I took this as “national park” (or perhaps state) land. It’s land intended for ecological conservation.
But in that case, pretending to be a blind prirate makes even less sense!
From the National Park Service website:
Report invasive species. Locating invasive species just as they are beginning to invade an area and treating new infestations quickly is a management approach called Early Detection Rapid Response (EDRR). In a national park, let a ranger know when you spot invasive species. They will want to know the location (GPS coordinates if possible), the name of the invasive species, when you saw it, and photos of the species.
So thoroughly note it and report that stuff!
Well yes, those are the rules. But if I see someone ripping out invasives themselves…
I didn’t see it.
It could mean anything from private land with an easement to prohibit building on it to a National Park, depending on context and jurisdiction. It’s just a non-specific term for “land that is conserved in some way.”
Yeah, I guessed that much myself by now.
So there is no deeper meaning but the meme is just crappily ill-defined and because of this actually doesn’t make sense.
I mean, it’s sufficiently descriptive to imply that randos shouldn’t (ordinarily) be messing with the plants on it. As a native English speaker, it makes sense just fine.
Try using context clues for a brief second
I did, even did some additional research trying to clear up ambiguous terms (what’s a “conversation area”?) and looked up rules in another country (US) that was referenced by a less confused person.
Meme still doesn’t make sense.
Should even be the complete opposite.
If you recognize it, report invasive species!If there are hidden context clues I missed, please point them out to me, so that I will learn why I am the moron and not some of the others here that post stuff that just don’t make sense given the facts.
Is the original post perhaps satire of some kind?
The nomenclature is really messy across countries and even sub-country entities. The Portuguese language Wikipedia even highlights the mess:
Nomenclature diversity across countries. // Some surveys estimate protected areas in different countries and regions are called by at least a hundred names, and not uncommonly countries have their own categories of protected spaces, roughly similar to the protected space concept defined by the IUCN.
From that I guess the restrictions associated with those spaces also change, and in some you aren’t supposed to remove local fauna and/or flora, creating situations like in the meme (removing invasive species is against the letter of the rule, but within the spirit).
Cuz you ain’t seen shit.
I live on a few acres of conservation land. All my homies smash lantern flies when we see them. Get wrecked, you tree destroying fucks.
Some places in California, can sign up to volunteer with (paid expert) rangers to clear invasives
why would it matter if you saw them? it’s illegal to do that ?
Depends on the rules. Some places it would be illegal to disturb anything in conservation areas like parks but other areas it would be illegal to ignore invasive plants and not remove them.
but other areas it would be illegal to ignore invasive plants and not remove them.
I’ve never been in a park or area where you, as an individual, were legally liable for not removing invasive species.
That being said, I did get in trouble for having thistle in my yard, but there was a specific city ordinance against thistle, and not against invasives as a whole (otherwise most of the fucking neighborhood would be torn up, which TBH would be great.)
Well not as an individual but the owners/caretakers of the land are legally required to remove it and remediate the area.
It doesn’t matter whether its illegal if the authorities are stupid enough.
Oh yea. Apparently you can make high quality edible protein with Gorse that have become invasive in Australia and New Zealand.
