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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana><U><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">** COMMENT DEADLINE HAS BEEN
EXTENDED - Comments Due February 10th 2006**<BR></SPAN></U></FONT><FONT
face=Verdana><U><BR>The following commentary forwarded from American Lands
Alliance <A
href="http://www.americanlands.org">www.americanlands.org</A></U></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana>The Bureau of Land Management proposes to dramatically
increase herbicide use on almost 1 million acres (932,000) of public land across
17 western states. A new draft Environmental Impact Statement was prepared to
address the explosion of aggressive invasive weeds that subsume native
vegetation that sustains wildlife and biodiversity. <BR> <BR>Logging, road
building, off road vehicles and livestock grazing are the primary causes for the
massive introduction and establishment of invasive weeds. Invasive weeds
“hitchhike” on the tires of logging trucks and ORVs, on livestock hooves and in
feces, and are easily established wherever the ground has been disturbed.
<BR> <BR>Rather than address the <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">causes
</SPAN></I>of spreading invasives by eliminating these activities, the BLM
proposes to address the <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">symptoms</SPAN></I>
by increasing the use of herbicides that poison the air, land, water, wildlife
and humans and require the use of mechanized equipment for application.<B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> </SPAN></B>Until the agency addresses the <I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">causes </SPAN></I>of weed invasions, its proposed
treatments for the weed invasion and other undesirable vegetation will
fail.<BR> <BR></FONT><FONT face=Verdana><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Your Help is Needed <BR></SPAN></B><BR></FONT><FONT
face=Verdana><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Please help by submitting
comments to the BLM on the PEIS and PER. The PEIS and PER are available at:
</SPAN></B><U><FONT color=blue><SPAN style="COLOR: blue"><A
title=http://www.blm.gov/nhp/spotlight/VegEIS/
href="http://www.blm.gov/nhp/spotlight/VegEIS/">http://www.blm.gov/nhp/spotlight/VegEIS/</A></SPAN></FONT></U>.
If this link does not work go to: <FONT color=blue><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue">www.blm.gov <<U><A title=http://www.blm.gov/
href="http://www.blm.gov/">http://www.blm.gov</A></U>>
</SPAN></FONT>and scroll to the bottom of the page and click on
“Vegetation EIS.”<BR></FONT><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><BR><FONT
face=Verdana>Send your comments to:<BR></FONT></SPAN></B><BR><FONT
face=Verdana>Mr. Brian Amme<BR>PEIS Program Manager<BR><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Nevada</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> Office<BR><st1:address
w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">PO Box</st1:Street>
12000</st1:address><BR><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Reno</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">Nevada</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
w:st="on">80520-0006</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><BR>Fax: 775.861-0006<BR>Email:
<U><FONT color=blue><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue">vegeis@nv.blm.gov</SPAN></FONT></U>
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