[APWG] NEWS: Paulownia tomentosa to be planted on public land in Nevada (fwd)

[scott_davis at blm.gov]

Since the link" doesn't link"......Maybe these links will help?
http://roguepundit.typepad.com/roguepundit/2010/04/a-paulownia-plantation-in-the-desert.html
http://www.carboncapturereport.org/cgi-bin/dailyreport?PROJID=2&date=20091127


Scott Davis
Bureau of Land Management
P. O. Box 25047
Building Fifty
Lakewood, Colorado  80225-0047

scott_davis at blm.gov
303-236-6646



                                                                           
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 18:09:59 -0700 (PDT)
From: Theresa Schrum <theresaschrum at yahoo.com>
To: Olivia Kwong <plant at plantconservation.org>, SE-EPPC at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU,
     weedcenter at montana.edu, sonjakokos at yahoo.com
Subject: Paulownia tomentosa to be planted on public land in Nevada

Dear All,

Please alert your listserv recipients about this impending disaster. This
company, based in California, wants to plant millions of Kiri trees
(Paulownia tomentosa) in order to sequester CO2. This ranks right up there
with planting Kudzu for erosion control.

http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/ECO2-Forests-Smoke-Creek-Project-A-Tremendous-Boost-Says-Reno-Mayor-1143812.htm


Paulownia tomentosa has caused severe habitat disturbances in the east. The
Blue Ridge Parkway and the Great Smokey Mountains National Park are overrun
with the tree.

I would urge all listserv recipients to contact the Mayor of Reno.

--TS.


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