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

[Marc Imlay]

Fortunately, the solution is generally to release the beetles slow enough
that replanting with the native, bird friendly, species that were replaced
by Saltcedar can occur.  Marc Imlay

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USDA stops using beetles vs. invasive saltcedar
By MEAD GRUVER
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
Last updated June 21, 2010 5:20 p.m. PT

CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- Concern about an endangered bird has caused the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture to declare a cease-fire in its biological war 
against saltcedar, an invasive tree that has taken over riparian areas 
across the West.

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