Alert: Stop Massive Herbicide Spraying on Public Lands! (fwd)

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Stop Massive Herbicide Spraying on Public Lands! (fwd)

 

 

 

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Subj: PAN Alert: Protect America's Forests!

12/23/05 2:38:59 PM Pacific Standard Time

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Dear Friends,

 

Almost 100,000 acres of federal forest land may be

sprayed with poisonc if the Bureau of Land Management

(BLM) is allowed to follow through on a proposed plan

to apply massive amounts of herbicides to public lands

in 17 western states. The BLM claims that toxic

chemicals need to be applied to forests,

rangelands and aquatic areas in order to reduce the

risk of fire and slow the spread of invasive weeds.

 

An integral part of this proposal involves aerial

spraying of toxic herbicides, which pose serious

threats to non-targeted vegetation, wildlife, and

people who use the forests, including tourists and

native peoples. Herbicide application areas include

Alaska, where native fishing and plant gathering is

widespread.

 

Take action now and submit your public comment in

support of Option C of the Bureau of Land Management

Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, by

January 6, 2006.

 

The pesticides that would be used include some known

to be

developmental and reproductive toxins. The group

includes four new and fourteen older pesticides,

including 2,4-D, bromacil, chlorsulfuron, diquat,

diuron, fluridone, hexazinone, tebuthiuron, triclopyr,

and picloram. The proposal would also allow the

use of additional chemicals that " may be developed in

the future. "

 

Fortunately, the proposal also includes an option of

using nonchemical alternatives for managing these

areas. This " Option C, " supports the use of

traditional methods of vegetation management on public

lands, rather than widespread

application of toxic chemicals.

 

Read more.

 

Act by January 6, 2006.

 

Resources:

www.alternatives2toxics.org/actionalert-blm-peis11-05.htm

 

www.organicconsumers.org/blm.htm

 

www.blm.gov/nhp/news/releases/pages/2005/pr051110_vegEIS.htm

 

 

 

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