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

[Wayne Tyson]

Yes, and select salt-tolerant natives as well as leach salts at the sites. 
Timing and context are EVERYTHING!

WT


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marc Imlay" <ialm at erols.com>
To: <apwg at lists.plantconservation.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 2:45 AM
Subject: Re: [APWG] NEWS: USDA stops using beetles vs. invasive saltcedar


> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: apwg-bounces at lists.plantconservation.org
> [mailto:apwg-bounces at lists.plantconservation.org] On Behalf Of Olivia 
> Kwong
> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 10:00 AM
> To: apwg at lists.plantconservation.org
> Subject: [APWG] NEWS: USDA stops using beetles vs. invasive saltcedar
>
> http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wy_saltcedar_beetle.html
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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.
>
> See the link above for the full article text.
>
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