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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> MAIPC [mailto:maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>kathi mestayer<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 16, 2015 10:49 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Ruth Douglas<br>
<b>Cc:</b> maipc@lists.maipc.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [GRAYMAIL] Re: [MAIPC] does Chlorox work on cut stems?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">...and my opinion, for what it's worth, is that the demand side with drive changes. When the customers request/demand natives, they will fall in line; they know what side their proverbial bread is buttered on. Of course, that will take
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<p class="MsoNormal">A friend of mine specified beautyberry for her new landscaping.....and got half beautyberry, half beautybush (kollwizia (sp?). I think the landscaper was trying to hedge his bets...."beautysomething"...but was clearly paying attention.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kathi Mestayer<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Apr 15, 2015, at 11:07 PM, Ruth Douglas <<a href="mailto:cvilleruth@embarqmail.com">cvilleruth@embarqmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Thanks, Steve, I think you are making some really good points, and indeed, where do these points get discussed? Could there be a session or two at conferences
where invasive plant management is discussed? Such as the MA-IPC conference this summer? Where else?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">And this reminds me in a way about the large gap between environmentalists/land managers/etc. and the horticulture industry. WE want to ban the sale of any
invasives; THEY think we are after their livelihood and those plants are not really so bad and besides they are what the public wants to purchase. I don’t think we are going to bridge the gap without our all sitting down and talking to each other and working
together on such topics as creating more demand for native plants that the horticulture industry can grow and sell in significant quantities. It’s my impression that there is a lot of distrust on both “sides”.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Stephen L. Young<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 15, 2015 10:20 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:maipc@lists.maipc.org">maipc@lists.maipc.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [MAIPC] does Chlorox work on cut stems?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The following is not in support or defense of any one technique or method but a broader discussion on this whole topic. Some will say it is hogwash, but I’m only sharing
what I think is the larger issue, which is how can we do things better without knocking one technique or another and ending up being divided instead of being drawn together?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">In these discussions, what always seems to happen is that when the topic of alternatives to pesticides comes up, the pesticide people feel like they’re getting picked on
and the alternative folks feel like they’re being made fun of. I’ve seen it happen again and again and I think the issue is really how can we do things better instead of knocking one technique or another.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Yes, we’ve made advances in our tools for management, but there are still a lot of problems associated with how inefficient and ineffective we’ve been in their use and many
invasive plants are doing quite well with or without our intervention. This is not an attack on pesticides or any other method or even on invasive plant management, but instead a way of thinking differently in an effort to find ways to do things better. Think
of the fast food industry – it is not sustainable to constantly eat unhealthy food. Numerous scientific studies show this to be true. Does it mean we should avoid fast food completely? No, but some do. Should we be critical of them? Others choose to eat nothing
but fast food. More than likely, their health reflects this choice. This is just an example. I am not suggesting pesticides are like fast food, but instead any technique that is overly relied on is like fast food. If our society was more science literate and
didn’t pay so much attention to the media, then they would have the information to make good choices or at least know what are good choices with regard to their health and in this case, managing the environment. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">What I find especially disturbing is that no one ever talks about the long-term affects from putting things into the environment and I don't just mean pesticides, but plastics,
cosmetics, synthetic products of all types, and even spent uranium. Why can’t manufacturers, companies, and even government agencies just admit that they don’t know what is going to happen? I think this is what frustrates a lot of people. Where is the humility
in being able to admit that we don’t have all the answers and we don’t know if in the long-term what we’re doing now is actually safe? Why are we so confident in agencies and regulations that are not perfect and have yet to provide long-term protection? In
the early 1900’s, kudzu was introduced for erosion control and to improve soil fertility. It was promoted by the government. That turned out to be not the best choice, but we thought it was then. A long, long time ago, it was thought that the sun revolved
around the earth and the earth was flat. Those who thought otherwise were laughed at, made fun of, or worse.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Why do we defend a certain practice or approach and then either show why we think we’re right or why we think others are wrong when there is no clear answer? Wouldn’t it
be wiser to see that we’re all trying to achieve the same goal and that each of the techniques we support or contend for based on our personal views has a weakness and that we need to be inclusive and not exclusive? Why pick apart each others’ approaches when
none by themselves are the answer? If we believe the use of all of the "tools in the toolbox” principle, then shouldn’t we be allowed to pursue new tools or new ideas of how to better use existing tools that results in us getting better overall? </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">There are more philosophical and idealogical underpinnings that need to be included in this topic, instead of just focusing negatively on each others methods that we choose
to use or have an interest in. Not sure if this is the right venue or listserv for this type of discussion, but it should be happening more often than it does.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><Tasker>, Alan V - APHIS <<a href="mailto:Alan.V.Tasker@aphis.usda.gov">Alan.V.Tasker@aphis.usda.gov</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at 5:06 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Tom Zaleski <<a href="mailto:TZaleski@Newark.de.us">TZaleski@Newark.de.us</a>>, Richard Johnstone <<a href="mailto:ivmpartners@gmail.com">ivmpartners@gmail.com</a>>, Ruth Douglas <<a href="mailto:cvilleruth@embarqmail.com">cvilleruth@embarqmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc: </b>"<a href="mailto:maipc@lists.maipc.org">maipc@lists.maipc.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:maipc@lists.maipc.org">maipc@lists.maipc.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [MAIPC] does Chlorox work on cut stems?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Here, Here, Rick, you just said what I have been thinking reading this email chain. Constant reinvention of the wheel to dodge imaginary hazards while ignoring
real ones. And vinegar & Clorox are _<i>NOT</i>_ benign to the environment. Nor to humans if used at effective rates. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> MAIPC [<a href="mailto:maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org">mailto:maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Tom Zaleski<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 15, 2015 3:49 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Richard Johnstone; Ruth Douglas<br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:maipc@lists.maipc.org">maipc@lists.maipc.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [MAIPC] does Chlorox work on cut stems?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Bravo Rick! I could not agree more!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Tom Zaleski<br>
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Newark, Delaware 19711<br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 15, 2015 3:29 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Ruth Douglas<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [MAIPC] does Chlorox work on cut stems?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121">It is such a disservice to natural resource managers that fear mongering over the word "pesticide" leads ill-informed groups, townships, etc to consider
banning pesticide use; and what wise expert decides what constitutes an "emergency"? I have also heard proposals to use steam to kill weeds, not mentioning that the steam will kill unsuspecting insects, amphibians, birds and other wildlife that happens to
be at the receiving end of the boiling water.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121">Pesticides that are available for our use have gone through years of testing and research and are licensed by the EPA and State Departments of Agriculture
for specific uses and application rates, as noted on their labels - which constitute federal law under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, Rodenticide Act or FIFRA. Most of the problems we hear in the media are caused by individuals using pesticide products
in violation of the label instructions, which is a criminal act; i.e. recent bumble bee kill in Oregon. An herbicide probably used in your town for broadleaf weed control, 2,4-D, just celebrated its 70th birthday and the sky did not fall. If you want to
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121">I am attending the Trilateral Conference (Canada, US, Mexico) in San Diego, CA as I write this, where I just gave a presentation showing how we are
restoring milkweed and other wildflowers to benefit Monarch butterfly, bees, birds, and other pollinators using herbicides judiciously applied to control invasive plants and problem species. We need to restore millions of acres of prairie habitat in North
America over the next few years to insure the survival of Monarchs, native bees and songbirds. Herbicides are a "tool in the tool box" to allow successful habitat restoration to occur. So to you and others on this list serve, do us all a favor and speak
out against unnecessary bans on the use of pesticides, and only use them according to label instructions.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121">On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 11:08 AM, Ruth Douglas <<a href="mailto:cvilleruth@embarqmail.com" target="_blank">cvilleruth@embarqmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hello, there is a group locally that wants to ban pesticides in parks except in emergencies. It has been suggested that Chlorox will do the work of Roundup in painting cut shrub
etc. stems, maybe in other situations as well, not sure. Anyone have any comments on this?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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