<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">She also has very little host and nectar plants that are native, which according to Doug Tallamy is critical to the health of all butterflies. Its nice to see that she is selling common milkweed though. </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 9:02 PM, Steve Erickson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wean@whidbey.net" target="_blank">wean@whidbey.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I notice that this person is peddling Buddliea davidii. While she does include a disclaimer about there being states she can’t ship to, she does not disclose why (the seriously invasive nature of this species). This lack of consciousness (or knowledge?) immediately makes me seriously question her arguments for why listing per the ESA would be bad for Monarchs. Note that she ignores that if listed, impacts to Monarchs would have to be addressed in the pesticide registration and renewal process. And a lawsuit requiring the same for approval of pesticide manufacturing GMOs would likely be successful. So, if the widespread planting of these GMOs is negatively impacting Monarchs, this will provide a legal mechanism to address that.<br>
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On 2/11/15 at 1:37 PM, <a href="mailto:SMITHCATH@ecu.edu" target="_blank">SMITHCATH@ecu.edu</a> (Smith, Catherine) wrote:<br>
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Adding to the conversation. . . .<br>
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For another perspective, read Rose Franklin's "Plausible Negative Consequences of Protecting the Monarch Under the Endangered Specieis Act" at <a href="http://www.butterflybushes.com/press_room.htm" target="_blank">www.butterflybushes.com/press_<u></u>room.htm</a><br>
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For a perspective on planting milkweed, read "Which Milkweed to Plant for the Monarchs?" also at <a href="http://www.butterflybushes.com/press_room.htm" target="_blank">www.butterflybushes.com/press_<u></u>room.htm</a><br>
Franklin is author of Fast Track Butterfly Gardening. She gardens for butterflies including monarchs in central Pennsylvania.<br>
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Subject: [PCA] NEWS: The monarch massacre: Nearly a billion butterflies have vanished<br>
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The monarch massacre: Nearly a billion butterflies have vanished<br>
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February 9 at 4:47 PM<br>
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Threatened animals like elephants, porpoises and lions grab all the headlines, but what’s happening to monarch butterflies is nothing short of a massacre. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service summed it up in just one grim statistic on Monday: Since 1990, about 970 million have vanished.<br>
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