[APWG] NEWS: Department to begin invasive plant program (Texas)

[Bill Stringer]

The culpable government officials are all pushing up kudzu or 
cogongrass somewhere.  Might be a better plan to have a round-up of 
private plant hunters who think that anything without sinense or 
japonica on the end isn't worth the trouble.  Got a guy down here who 
says if it's native to Planet Earth it's native to him.

Justice comes when the agencies who helped create the problem are 
tasked with a lead role in fixing it.

Bill

At 05:51 PM 3/1/2010, Karen Blumer wrote:
>Especially since they've done such a magnificent job of bringing us 
>a significant portion of the plants that won't be on their list.
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>Oh, here's a modest proposal: we should track down culpable 
>government officials and make them graze the species they are 
>responsible for until all the individual plants are gone, sort of 
>like rent-a-goat. Make them work for their living, instead of making 
>lists. Perfect justice, in  a world that is so askew.
>
>Karen
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>Karen Blumer
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>On Mar 1, 2010, at 1:42 PM, Bill Stringer wrote:
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>>Bob, Bob, Bob........
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>>Bill Stringer
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>>At 11:29 PM 2/26/2010, Robert Layton Beyfuss wrote:
>>>How nice to see that the government will now decide what plants the
>>>citizens may or may not possess. Thanks Big Brother.
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>>>http://www.statesman.com/sports/outdoors/department-to-begin-invasive-plant-program-261616.html 
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>>> > Department to begin invasive plant program
>>> > By Mike Leggett
>>> > AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
>>> > Published: 7:22 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010
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>>> > The Texas Legislature issued orders last session for the Texas Parks and
>>> > Wildlife Department to begin compiling a comprehensive list of invasive
>>> > and non-native plants and to publish a "white list" of plants that would
>>> > be legal to possess, grow or sell in Texas. Any plant not on the list
>>> > would be considered noxious and illegal.
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>>> > See the link above for the full article text.
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