[APWG] Herbicide Application Techniques Prohibit Re: NEWS: Studyfinds one-time herbicide use decreased native plants, may have increased invasive plants

[Karen Adair]

A one-time application of such a virulent herbicide as Tordon without
follow-up is irresponsible. Given that the application was made 16 years
ago, I suspect that Tordon's effects were not as commonly known at that
point. I'd also add that the practice of herbicide application as a
management technique was not as common 16 years ago as it is today and
the necessity for follow-up was often equally misunderstood. 

All this study shows is that man is prone to making mistakes and that
those mistakes can have grave consequences. It doesn't show that
avoiding general spraying is right, it shows that the misuse of an
herbicide is wrong. The problems associated with "the use of general
spraying as a weed-control technique" are human-derived. This study
supports why land management activities need to be carried out by
professionals who understand the need for a thorough, intelligent, and
committed approach. 

Science can never prove something to be right, only highlight when
something has failed. "No amount of experimentation can ever prove me
right; a single experiment can prove me wrong." Albert Einstein

I will gladly repeat and repeat: "I hereby eternally swear that I shall
eschew irresponsible methodology and application in weed-control
techniques."

Karen
 



 

-----Original Message-----
From: apwg-bounces at lists.plantconservation.org
[mailto:apwg-bounces at lists.plantconservation.org] On Behalf Of Wayne
Tyson
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 11:05 AM
To: apwg at lists.plantconservation.org;
native-plants at lists.plantconservation.org
Subject: [APWG] Herbicide Application Techniques Prohibit Re: NEWS:
Studyfinds one-time herbicide use decreased native plants,may have
increased invasive plants

AT LAST!  But SIXTEEN YEARS to declare the obvious that can be
demonstrated by one simple experiment?

Actually, I'm not surprised. But let us all repeat and repeat: "I hereby
eternally swear that I shall eschew the use of general spraying as a
weed-control technique."

This is not to say that direct application of the minimal lethal dose by
wick, by brush, by injection, by highly directed, low-pressure
pneumatically-driven application to target plants only should be
abandoned.

WT


----- Original Message -----
From: "Olivia Kwong" <plant at plantconservation.org>
To: <apwg at lists.plantconservation.org>;
<native-plants at lists.plantconservation.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 6:39 AM
Subject: [APWG] NEWS: Study finds one-time herbicide use decreased
native plants, may have increased invasive plants


> http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=7522
>
> Study finds one-time herbicide use decreased native plants, may have 
> increased invasive plants September 22, 2009 -- Melynda Harrison, MSU 
> News Service
>
> Matt Rinella, faculty in Animal and Range Science at Montana State 
> University and an ecologist at the Fort Keogh Agricultural Experiment 
> Station in Miles City, recently published the results of a 16-year 
> study in the journal Ecological Applications.
>
> See the link above for the full press release text.
>
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