[MAIPC] Another attack on invasive plant control

[Kathi Mestayer]

got a link to a site where we could post a comment?  
I also just re-tweeted
k

> On May 10, 2016, at 11:49 AM, Stephen Hiltner <stevehiltner at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Though the NY Times has been doing more than its share, another surprising source of distortions on the invasive species issue is NPR's You Bet Your Garden program, whose post  <http://www.gardensalive.com/product/lesser-celandinefor-some-a-bitter-buttercup/you_bet_your_garden>on lesser celandine shows up on the first page of a google search. The host, Mike McGrath, who comes from an organic gardening background, attempts to impose the organic ethic on habitat restoration, a subject he seems to know nothing about. He is widely listened to, and his website widely read, making him a significant contributor to the false narrative. Might we want to start a letter writing campaign, perhaps directly to NPR, to have him remove the misinformation from his website?
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> As with the NY Times pieces, I've written a detailed critique:
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> http://newscompanion.blogspot.com/2016/05/you-bet-your-garden-radio-show.html <http://newscompanion.blogspot.com/2016/05/you-bet-your-garden-radio-show.html>
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