plant regulation-Trivial-and OT

Tony Avent tony@plantdelights.com
Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:33:27 PDT
Linda:

As follow up to the comment about Master Gardeners...if they are to be 
utilized as I suggest, they would require training from good ecologists 
to know how to monitor for real invasive plant problems, as opposed to 
weeds.  My suggestion to utilize Master Gardeners had a two fold 
purpose.  Extension funding has been in jeopardy for several years and 
this would be a good reason to maintain extension funding, while 
reducing the need to create and fund a new beaurocracy within the 
Federal Government to oversee an invasive screening program.  
Ooops...forgot that they already created the National Invasive Species 
Council  http://invasivespeciesinfo.gov/council/main.shtml/    We 
just need to be very cautious so that the cure isn't worse than the problem.

Tony Avent
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Linda Foulis wrote:
> Good one Kenneth,
> I never get involved in these discussions even though some of them irk me to my very core, but loved what Kenneth said -
>
> "If the Nature Conservancy is to achieve its' goal, man and his crops will have to be eradicated."
>
> Thank you, I needed the laugh!  I was thinking a cleansing of the herd was long overdue - worldwide!  Oops, I did say that out loud!
>
> And I have to agree on this last comment as well, all of the MG's that I know, well, yes, disappointing.
>
> "One last thought--at least in my area, Master Gardeners--some are good,
> but my experience has been that I know far more than they do, and that
> is not meant as a brag on my part--I'm disappointed."
>
> Linda Foulis
> Red Deer, AB  Canada
>
> Steady rain today, we need it.
>
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