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Re: [compost_tea] worms



Earthworms in the Great plains were killed during hte ice age, and have not come back except where people have brought them in - as in fishing.  This does not apply to areas of the US where glaciers did not extend.

There are earthworms in the Canadiam Forests, so this does not apply to forests either, apparently.  There are people at Univ. of Saskatoon, and Calgary that work on these questions, so I am just repeating what they have told me here.

In the PNW, we have native earthworms that live deep in the soil most of the year, so most people don't know they are there.  They never left, as far as I know, even during ice ages.  But Andy Moldenke, at Oregon State University would be the better person to contact about all this.  I am not an expert on earthworm history.  But I think it is clear that we have native earthworms in the US. 

Elaine Ingham
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