Groups appeal BLM herbicide plan

sam wrote:

We need to create a herbicide to rid this country of the environmentalist. They do more harm to this country than good

Lobo Viejo wrote:

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Environmentalists are necessary to protect our air, land and water from corporate scum like ExxonMobil and to keep our government half honest on natural resource issues. But the extreme left enviros are misguided and getting in the way of good science.

Whisky River Crabb wrote:

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We see the problem again and again over the salt cedar. We taxpayers get screwed out of millions every year for the "eradication" of salt cedar trees along the Pecos, mainly from Roswell south, when the seed source is north, starting just south of Santa Rosa.
There is a professor at NMSU, his name slips my mind at the moment, that has studied the salt cedar for over 20 years and is considered the "guru" of the tree. He has developed a herbicide that will kill the tree but is perfectly safe to use over the water, it will not affect the fish or wildlife in any way. It leaves the trunk standing to provide shade, erosion control and nesting sites for birds and will not harm any other plantlife where it is used. BUT, of course, it cannot be used on any state or BLM lands, which includes the majority of the land along the river from Santa Rosa south towards Roswell. The salt cedar seed source is alive and well all along the middle Pecos River Valley.