Re: seed import permits
- Subject: Re: [SG] seed import permits
- From: c* k*
- Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 11:06:59 -0700
Amen, Margaret...
Margaret Lauterbach wrote:
> Who imported the species that are invasive? Stockmen imported cheatgrass
> and Russian thistle. Wasn't it the USDA that imported kudzu? I don't know
> who imported Lythrum. But I think this blanket shut out everything
> approach is simply to conceal the fact that the APHIS inspectors sit around
> with their teeth in their mouths, won't, can't inspect anything, but man,
> if there's a certificate required, they can see whether that's present or
> absent. I believe phytosanitary certificates accompanied the twigs that
> brought plum pox to Pennsylvania, BTW. I think this is using a cannon to
> deter a gnat, and we'll all pay a heavy price for this treachery. So much
> for the "rain forest pharmaceuticals". Margaret Lauterbach
>
> >I, for one, am not alarmed at all. Protection against possibly invasive
> >species is a VERY important public policy goal.
