[APWG] NEWS: Congress passes bill for research on eradicating invasive plants

[Olivia Kwong]

From: FRALAW at aol.com

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October 04, 2006
Congress passes bill for research on eradicating invasive plants

By The Raton Range staff

RATON, New Mexico (STPNS) --
The U.S. Senate last week gave final approval to legislation developed by 
New Mexico Sens. Pete Domenici and Jeff Bingaman and Rep. Steve Pearce to 
establish a federal program to find the best means of eradicating salt 
cedar and Russian olive vegetation . nonnative plant species that have 
overtaken most western riparian areas.

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