Anyway, more directly: when he says, “”The preoccupation with alien species is comparatively recent and not something which worried scientists and ecologists 50 years ago,” he displays stunning lack of insight into environmental history for someone about to publish a book called “Exploring Environmental History.”) Other things that people weren’t really worried about 50 years ago: internet addiction, cellphone brain cancer, Sarah Palin.

I think there’s an interesting debate to be had about the ethics of culling exotic populations to preserve native ones, but this guy should not be the spokesperson.