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Re: Warning-diatribe was Re: Opinions please

In a message dated 98-08-21 20:26:10 EDT, Al wrote:

<< I think the Clinton Administration earlier through an executive order
banned
 the use of non-native plant material in projects funded by federal tax money
 ie landscaping new federal buidings etc. The order was so vague that some
 people interpreted it to mean a ban on any plant species not native to the
 United States, which meant banning lilac, yew, and viburnum species.
  >>

Not quite.  The people who misinterpreted must not have read it.  In 1994
President Clinton signed an Executive MEMORANDUM, not an order, which did not
ban anything.  It RECOMMENDED that federally-funded projects and federal
buildings landscape with regional native plants.  It also recommended using
less water and fewer chemicals.

--Janis
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