Florida "Habitat restoration" question

[MexicoDoug at aol.com]

Lepsters, I ran across this comment while reading the newswires, an wondered 
if anyone has any first hand knowledge of this program.  There is nothing I 
would like more than to see the exotic water-sucking trees removed from the 
'glades, but at first reading this potentially risky strategy did surprise 
and bring to mind other gafs in ecological control history.  Any additional 
info?

Best...Doug Dawn
Monterrey, Mexico


[Bush's]His interior secretary, Gale Norton, joined the Earth Day 
celebrations Monday by dedicating a new Florida research center for invasive 
plants and releasing 10,000 exotic plant-eating bugs to help eradicate 
melaleuca trees, an Australian species infesting 400,000 acres of Florida's 
wetlands.





 
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