[APWG] NEWS: USDA stops using beetles vs. invasive saltcedar

[Bill Stringer]

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
<http://www.scnps.org/>www.scnps.org

PO Box 491
Norris, SC 29667

Clemson University
Entomology, Soils and Plant Science
864 656 3527
bstrngr at clemson.edu


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