[PCA] what about Carter's Exec. Order 11987 ???

Mon May 14 11:00:39 CDT 2007

Thanks for the background, Bonnie!

I got the word "revoked" from EO 13112 itself.  Section 6, part b says
"Executive Order 11987 of May 24, 1977, is hereby revoked."  But I think
your point is that EO 13112 built upon the intent of EO 11987, and replaced
it with new and more detailed language.

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Andrew Kratz
Regional Botanist
USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region
P.O. Box 25127, Lakewood, CO 80225
Phone: 303-275-5009, FAX: 303-275-5075
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                                       RE: [PCA] what about Carter's Exec. 
                                       Order 11987 ???                     

Some Background:
Having helped write EO 13112, I would not say that Carter's EO was
revoked (and I know of no guidance written for that EO in the 70's); but
used as a precedent for the issue.  We built upon it.
We chose the term "invasive species" because that was the commonly
accepted term for alien or exotic, or nonnative aggressive species
in 1999.  Plus definitions for invasive and native were part of MOUs
developed for two interagency committees: Plant Conservation Alliance
(PCA) and Federal Interagency Committee for Management of Noxious and
Exotic Weeds (FICMNEW).  It was the first time that these 16 federal
agencies involved agreed to common definitions that we all continue to
use.  Federal scientists struggled over the terms and researched the
history and state of the science and agreed to these.

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Subject: Re: [PCA] what about Carter's Exec. Order 11987 ???

Craig,

I'm not sure if regulations were ever written for implementing Jimmy
Carter's Executive Order 11987, but in any event EO 11987 was expressly
revoked in 1999 by Bill Clinton's Executive Order 13112.  Clinton's EO
was about invasive species, which were defined as "an alien species
whose introduction does or is likely to cause economic or environmental
harm or harm to human health."  Alien species were defined as "with
respect to a particular ecosystem, any species, including its seeds,
eggs, spores, or other biological material capable of propagating that
species, that is not native to that ecosystem."  Native species were
defined as "with respect to a particular ecosystem, a species that,
other than as a result of an introduction, historically occurred or
currently occurs in that ecosystem."

So your question may still stand with respect to some alien (exotic)
species, but I think it would need to focus on the invasive nature of
the species and the details of relevant invasive species regulations,
along with the actions of the Invasive Species Council and requirements
of the National Invasive Species Management Plan.

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Andrew Kratz
Regional Botanist
USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region P.O. Box 25127, Lakewood, CO
80225
Phone: 303-275-5009, FAX: 303-275-5075
akratz at fs.fed.us
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             05/09/07 10:11 AM         [PCA] BLM-USFS sows 1/2 mil+ LBS.

                                       exotics/year--what about the

                                       Exec. Order????            new

                                       policy "Just Say NO"?

Dear All,

I just got in the mail, the latest edition of "GREENER ROADSIDES," a
free quarterly publication from the Federal Highway Administration,
edited by Bonnie Harper-Lore <mailto:Bonnie.Harper-Lore at fhwa.dot.gov>

This latest edition is about the new FHWA publication that is coming out
this month "ROADSIDE WEED MANAGEMENT"  No. FHWA-HEP-07-017 that you can
order by calling next week (301) 322-5377, and it is FREE!

The trucks containing this publication, are on their way to the DOT
publications warehouse right now, and the warehouse will start taking
names and addresses to ship out the free copies, next week, after the
books arrive.

In this edition of GREENER ROADSIDES, on page 6 there is a "Weed
Awareness Chronology", starting in 1795, when Vermont designated the
first noxious weed, Canada thistle.

The year of 1977 in the chronology, reminds all of us, of President
Jimmy Carter's Executive Order 11987 directing Federal agencies to
restrict introduction of exotic species into natural ecosystems.

Isn't that exactly what the BLM and USFS been doing, when they purchase
at least 1/2 million pounds of exotic seeds every year, to sow into the
natural ecosystems on our public lands?

Maybe someone from BLM or the USFS can tell us, how is that Exec. Order
being ignored, or was it just forgotten?

Sincerely,  Craig Dremann, Redwood City, CA (650) 325-7333

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