[APWG] BLM-USFS sows 1/2 mil+ LBS. exotics/year--what about the Exec. Order???? new policy "Just Say NO"?

[Craig Dremann]

Dear All,

I just got in the mail, the latest edition of "GREENER ROADSIDES," a
free quarterly publication from the Federal Highway Administration,
edited by Bonnie Harper-Lore <mailto:Bonnie.Harper-Lore at fhwa.dot.gov>

This latest edition is about the new FHWA publication that is coming out
this month "ROADSIDE WEED MANAGEMENT"  No. FHWA-HEP-07-017 that you can
order by calling next week (301) 322-5377, and it is FREE! 

The trucks containing this publication, are on their way to the DOT
publications warehouse right now, and the warehouse will start taking
names and addresses to ship out the free copies, next week, after the
books arrive. 

In this edition of GREENER ROADSIDES, on page 6 there is a "Weed
Awareness Chronology", starting in 1795, when Vermont designated the
first noxious weed, Canada thistle.   

The year of 1977 in the chronology, reminds all of us, of President
Jimmy Carter's Executive Order 11987 directing Federal agencies to
restrict introduction of exotic species into natural ecosystems.

Isn't that exactly what the BLM and USFS been doing, when they purchase
at least 1/2 million pounds of exotic seeds every year, to sow into the
natural ecosystems on our public lands?  

Maybe someone from BLM or the USFS can tell us, how is that Exec. Order
being ignored, or was it just forgotten?

Sincerely,  Craig Dremann, Redwood City, CA (650) 325-7333