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Re: mulch warning - exotic termites

This also made the rounds on another garden list serve
I'm on- and fortunately is is a hoax.  So- not to
worry- just another urban myth.

Theresa

--- "S. Lee Stone" <leestone@grandecom.net> wrote:

> Please pass this on.
> 
> FYI, something I thought might be of interest to
> some of you from a  
> forwarded message I received today.
> 
> "If you use mulch around your house be very careful
> about buying  
> mulch this year. After the Hurricane in New Orleans
> many trees were  
> blown over. These trees were then turned into mulch
> and the state is  
> trying to get rid of tons and tons of this mulch to
> any state or  
> company who will come and haul it away. So it will
> be showing up in  
> Home Depot and Lowes at dirt cheap prices with one
> huge problem;  
> Formosan Termites will be the bonus in many of those
> bags. New  
> Orleans is one of the few areas in the country were
> the Formosan  
> Termites has gotten a strong hold and most of the
> trees blown down  
> were already badly infested with those termites. Now
> we may have the  
> worst case of transporting a problem to all parts of
> the country that  
> we have ever had. These termites can eat a house in
> no time at all  
> and we have no good control against them, so tell
> your friends that  
> own homes to avoid cheap mulch and know were it came
> from."
> 
> Stanley A. Briscoe
> Acting Chief, Office of Maintenance and Design
> Architect / Regional Accessibility Coordinator
> National Capital Region / National Park Service
> (202) 619-6391
> 
>
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