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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I don't have Marc's email; perhaps it was on another
list?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>WT</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "Craig Dremann - Redwood City Seed Company"
<</FONT><A href="mailto:Craig@astreet.com"><FONT face=Arial
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 9:13 AM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: [APWG] Bad management can be worse, in
California</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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size=2>> Dear All,<BR>> <BR>> I want to disagree very strongly with
Marc's statement. I have been<BR>> watching the management of our last
best example of native California<BR>> grasslands, for a 200 mile radius of
San Francisco.<BR>> <BR>> The area is called Russian Ridge, a part of a
local public lands district,<BR>> and the Board 10 years ago, spent $100,000
with a consultant, to study<BR>> what would be the best methods to manage the
weeds that were invading the<BR>> area.<BR>> <BR>> You can read about
Russian Ridge and see photos at<BR>> </FONT><A
href="http://www.ecoseeds.com/invent.html"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://www.ecoseeds.com/invent.html</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=2>. Instead of doing what the consultant<BR>> suggested, the Board
has gone for what they thought would be the cheap<BR>> solution, burning the
area three times.<BR>> <BR>> What the three fires have done, is killed
more wildflowers, and spread the<BR>> weeds even faster, because the weeds
can take advantage of the area<BR>> cleared by the fire, than the natives can
recolonize the areas.<BR>> <BR>> Misguided management, cheap solutions,
and no before-management and after-<BR>> management vegetation transects, can
leave your ecosystems in much, much<BR>> worse shape out here in the arid
West.<BR>> <BR>> Sincerely, Craig Dremann (650) 325-7333<BR>>
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