BREAKING NEWS!
PLJV Expands Conservation Mission to Mars
The recent discovery of a playa-like feature on Mars has prompted the Playa Lakes Joint Venture to broaden its conservation boundaries to include the red planet.
"Adopting Mars takes all-bird conservation to an entirely new level," said PLJV Chairman Bob McCready. "We have no idea what types of life forms may be up there, but we will plan for them all."
The move comes after NASA's Mars rover, Opportunity, unearthed strongest evidence yet that the planet was once hospitable to life and that there was a large, shallow pool of water about two inches deep, much like the playas of the Southern High Plains. Apparently, the playa up there is dry most of the time too.
"We're excited that NASA already has some dirt work projects going," said PLJV Coordinator Mike Carter, further noting that NASA has developed GIS for the entire planet, which will be made available to PLJV partners. "We're hoping to set up a spatially explicit office in the near future," he said.
The Joint Venture will work cooperatively with NASA to develop locally-driven, landscape conservation projects that directly benefit native sentient life forms on Mars.
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PLJV Expands Conservation Mission to Mars
The recent discovery of a playa-like feature on Mars has prompted the Playa Lakes Joint Venture to broaden its conservation boundaries to include the red planet.
"Adopting Mars takes all-bird conservation to an entirely new level," said PLJV Chairman Bob McCready. "We have no idea what types of life forms may be up there, but we will plan for them all."
The move comes after NASA's Mars rover, Opportunity, unearthed strongest evidence yet that the planet was once hospitable to life and that there was a large, shallow pool of water about two inches deep, much like the playas of the Southern High Plains. Apparently, the playa up there is dry most of the time too.
"We're excited that NASA already has some dirt work projects going," said PLJV Coordinator Mike Carter, further noting that NASA has developed GIS for the entire planet, which will be made available to PLJV partners. "We're hoping to set up a spatially explicit office in the near future," he said.
The Joint Venture will work cooperatively with NASA to develop locally-driven, landscape conservation projects that directly benefit native sentient life forms on Mars.
Playa Post ©2003 Playa Lakes Joint Venture. Submission deadlines are the 15th of each month for publication the following month. Send press releases, comments and subscription inquiries to Debbie F. Slobe.
PLJV is currently organizing a team of astronomy, alien and avian experts (AAA Working Group), to determine the quantity and quality of habitats for species conservation work. A special meeting will be convened in Roswell, New Mexico later this month.
The inclusion of Mars into the PLJV has come with some resistance from PLJV partners, namely from Texas representatives who insist that the Lone Star State is still the largest celestial body in the universe.
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