[RWG] FIRE 07 Great Basin and Southwest conditions-Costs for restoration and management Plan? Re: Costs for restoration of arid Western public lands, for fires & weeds

[Jack Tasoff]

To add to Mr. Dremann's comment re the comments supra, it would additionally
be virtually necessary, from a cost basis, to "cause" BASF to release
Plateau herbicide for general use.

Plateau is a cheatgrass specific (with few exceptions) herbicide that was
highly successful in restorations of short grass prairies. Plateau is
approved by the NRCS for rangeland use.

BASF has restricted Plateau to roadside use only by government agencies.
>From what I have been informed from very reliable sources is that the
restriction by BASF is a result of peanut farmers in the South using Plateau
in place of the more costly BASF product Rodeo and Journey, non-specific
herbicides.

For further information see:
http://www.vmanswers.com/products.aspx?pid=10
http://www.vmanswers.com/products.aspx?pid=7


Jack Tasoff
San Pedro, California
jtasoff at cox.net

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Cheatgrass replacement-plantings with local native plants could be
beautiful, cheatgrass-free and fire resistant areas--if Congress could
start making the annual investments for large-scale ecological
restoration of our public lands.  Pics at
http://www.ecoseeds.com/greatbasin.html

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