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Re: [iowa-native-plants] RE: a worrisome news item

Hello:

"What don't you understand about resource utilization, be it either money or time?"

I understand that there is a tendency for modern capitalists to look no more than one or two years into the future when investing money or time. I believe we are discussing management of the commons for generations that will follow. We have benefited from investments made by federal and state government long before we were born. We have an obligation, as a nation, to plan for future generations. The cheapest quickest solution does not equal the best resource utilization. I might warm my house up by setting fire to the living room rather than paying for propane, but it is going to cost more in the long run.

JAR

What don't you understand
about resource utilization, be it either money or time? Establishing native
plantings is more expensive than just planting European grasses. To start
with, the seed is more expensive (even if you are willing to accept pure
stands of switchgrass). Using chemicals is an unexplored issue and depending
upon your goals (or definition of a prairie) impossible. And if you don't
actively manage the plantings during the first few years, you risk losing that
investment. Failure to provide ground cover for erosion control also puts you
at risk for environmental pollution (and fines). So you have x dollars to
manage y acres while meeting z mandates.
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: James Trager
  To: 'Lon Crosby' ; iowa-native-plants@list.uiowa.edu
  Cc: prairie@hort.net
  Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 10:34 AM
  Subject: RE: [iowa-native-plants] RE: a worrisome news item


   " adding more native plantings makes the problems worse "

  HUH!? I think I speak for many when I say that this is the statement that
most needs explanation among the ones you've made, Lon.

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