[APWG] Ecosystems Invasions Re: Do ecosystems resistinvasion?Invasion and cropping Re: rate of change

[Robert Layton Beyfuss]

If the objective of the BMP is to grow most of the food we eat in this country, in the most efficient manner, then the answer is a resounding "Yes". Hundreds of millions of acres of our food staples, i.e. Corn and soybeans are RR (Round Up Ready) varieties. These crops are engineered to be planted and then oversprayed with Round Up when the weeds emerge. Helicopters do this most efficiently. I would hope that this technique is not employed for for any sort of ecological restoration but the evidence that it is used for this purpose, is obvious and not just in Utah .
My friend at Cornell is growing trees as an agricultural crop and his mist blowing of herbicide is an accepted BMP for this purpose.

From: Wayne Tyson [mailto:landrest at cox.net]
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 4:38 PM
To: Ty Harrison; Robert Layton Beyfuss; Ryan McEwan; John
Cc: apwg at lists.plantconservation.org
Subject: Re: [APWG] Ecosystems Invasions Re: Do ecosystems resistinvasion?Invasion and cropping Re: rate of change

APWG:

I can't bear to look!

How many people on APWG believe that helicopter spraying of "Roundup" is a "Best Management Practice?"

WT
----- Original Message -----
From: Ty Harrison<mailto:tyju at xmission.com>
To: Wayne Tyson<mailto:landrest at cox.net> ; Robert Layton Beyfuss<mailto:rlb14 at cornell.edu> ; Ryan McEwan<mailto:the.tsuga at gmail.com> ; John<mailto:jmbarr at academicplanet.com>
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Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 11:49 AM
Subject: Re: [APWG] Ecosystems Invasions Re: Do ecosystems resistinvasion?Invasion and cropping Re: rate of change

APWG:  Regarding Wayne Tyson's astonishment (below),.
Wayne et al:  Little do you know! (about the magnitude of helicopter applied herbicide here in Utah).  Read this and weep:  http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_15185646 .  Massive amounts of glyphosate are being dumped annually on the non-native genotype of Phragmites australis in the public and private marshlands around Great Salt Lake:  http://www.utahwildlifephotos.com/keyword/phragmites/1/470783372_dUyTS#!i=470783372&k=dUyTS
I know everyone thinks Utah is kooky, but this is an accepted practice, dare I say "best management practice" BMP!!!
Ty Harrison

From: Wayne Tyson<mailto:landrest at cox.net>
To: Robert Layton Beyfuss<mailto:rlb14 at cornell.edu> ; Ryan McEwan<mailto:the.tsuga at gmail.com> ; John<mailto:jmbarr at academicplanet.com>
Cc: apwg at lists.plantconservation.org<mailto:apwg at lists.plantconservation.org>
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 9:37 AM
Subject: Re: [APWG] Ecosystems Invasions Re: Do ecosystems resistinvasion?Invasion and cropping Re: rate of change

Y'all:

OMG, it's worse than I thought!

Spraying from a helicopter? Ya gotta be kidding! The only spraying I will even think about is that with a cone that stops any collateral damage, and that only rarely. I want to do some experimenting with wick devices to prevent any atomization of herbicide at all.

WT

"Nine-tenths of the hell being raised in the world is well-intentioned." --Anonymous




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