[APWG] NEWS: USDA stops using beetles vs. invasive saltcedar
Bill Stringer
bstrngr at clemson.edu
Tue Jun 22 12:13:07 CDT 2010
Am I missing something, or is the potential to regain the
environmental integrity of a hugely important part of the habitat of
the western US being held hostage by a single species (albeit a
red-blooded species)?
Admittedly, I am an Easterner with limited knowledge of the
salt-cedar/ willow flycatcher/ tamarisk beetle/riparian habitat, but
my inclination is to say "Go, beetles, go!"
If you don't have a copy already, go buy a copy of Bringing Nature
Home.... by Douglas Tallamy. Also see
http://copland.udel.edu/~dtallamy/host/index.html .
Bill Stringer
At 09:59 AM 6/22/2010, Olivia Kwong wrote:
>http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wy_saltcedar_beetle.html
>
>USDA stops using beetles vs. invasive saltcedar
William C. Stringer
President-emeritus
South Carolina Native Plant Society
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Clemson University
Entomology, Soils and Plant Science
864 656 3527
bstrngr at clemson.edu
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