[APWG] NEWS: N.C. bans cogongrass, which can take over

[Bill Stringer]

At 04:42 PM 7/8/2008, Bob Beyfuss wrote:
>Hi Bill
>I have plenty of weeds up here I could live happily without! The 
>June 29, 2008  issue of the NY Times magazine has an article 
>entitled "Can Weeds Help Solve the Climate Crises" It is well worth 
>a read for those who still have an open mind.

  I read that piece.  There was some good science in it, and a few 
places where folks happily emitted sound bites for the 
reporter.  Certainly not a document to use to rationalize abdicating 
our responsibility to keep our heads out of the sand and to work to 
avert documented potential disasters, most of which we have some 
power to avert, and more if we think about it and work at it.

>According to Elizabeth Cady Stanton "To make laws that man cannot, 
>and will not obey, serves to bring all law into contempt."
>Bob

Did Ms. Stanton suggest a list of laws that man "cannot, and will not 
obey"?  I sure am glad that her list did not include laws against 
possessing and selling anthrax, etc.

Bill Stringer


>At 03:44 PM 7/8/2008, Bill Stringer wrote:
>>Bob, Bob, Bob!!  There you go again!
>>
>>You appear to know nothing about cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica).
>>I would suggest that you take a vacation trip to AL, MS, LA, etc., 
>>before you pontificate
>>more on this super-weed.
>>
>>BTW, it's more important that people pay attention to laws.  Most 
>>of us gave up on reforming
>>weeds several centuries back...
>>
>>Perhaps you might come down to the Eastern Native Grass Symposium this fall.
>>Oct 7 - 10, 2008, in Columbia, SC.  You are within a couple of 
>>hours of lots of cogongrass.
>>And we in SC hope to keep it that way.
>>
>>Thanx
>>
>>Bill Stringer
>>
>>
>>At 02:41 PM 7/8/2008, Bob Beyfuss wrote:
>>>People can make laws to try to ban planting, possessing and distributing
>>>plants but plants don't pay attention to laws. Maybe we should have laws to
>>>ban diseases? Lets make cancer illegal.
>>>
>>>At 01:28 PM 7/8/2008, McCully Heritage Project wrote:
>>> >I don't mean to sound ignorant, but what are the other 9 of the 
>>> "world's 10
>>> >worst weeds?" And how is that determined? Is anyone working on 
>>> banning them?
>>> >Just curious.
>>> >
>>> >Michelle Berg Vogel
>>> >McCully Heritage Project
>>> >Kampsville, Illinois
>>> >
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>>> >Kwong
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>>> >Subject: [APWG] NEWS: N.C. bans cogongrass, which can take over
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > 
>>> http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/jul/08/nc-bans-cogongrass-which-can -
>>> >take-over/
>>> >
>>> >N.C. bans cogongrass, which can take over
>>> >Sold as Red Baron, Japanese blood grass, it is held to be one of world's
>>> >10 worst weeds
>>> >By Janice Gaston | Journal Reporter
>>> >Published: July 8, 2008
>>> >
>>> >Is cogongrass North Carolina's next kudzu?
>>> >
>>> >Not if the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services can help
>>> >it.
>>> >
>>> >The department announced yesterday that propagation, nursery cultivation,
>>> >sale and distribution of cogongrass, an invasive perennial grass
>>> >considered one of the world's 10 worst weeds, will be prohibited in North
>>> >Carolina. Nurseries and garden centers must stop selling all cultivars of
>>> >cogongrass, including Red Baron, also known as Japanese blood grass, by
>>> >Oct. 31. Permits for the interstate movement of the grass will be denied.
>>> >
>>> >See the link above for the full article text.
>>> >
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