Ms De Rooy, A couple of points for clarrification please: 1) Do you know which species these companies are trying to control with their spraying programs? 2) Are the volumes and weights given the amounts of actual chemical, or the amount of solution applied? 3) What is (are) the source(s) of your information? Thank You, >Mr. Cameron says,"I mean look at what has happened in the Pacific >Northwest". I live in Humboldt County, home of the Headwaters Forest. What >follows are the 1997 herbicide figures used by timber companies: >(Artazine & garlon measured in gallons; oust measured in pounds) > >Barnum >1498.5 acres >1434.6 gallons >27 pounds > >Louisiana Pacific >804 acres >219.3 gallons >388 pounds > >Pacific Lumber >5250 acres >4591 gallons > >Simpson >3352 acres >2356 gallons >569.3 pounds > >Sierra Pacific >513.5 acres >130 gallons >25.3 pounds > >Total for 1997 >11,348 acres >8731 gallons >1010 pounds >Much of the spraying is being done on steep (80-90%) slopes over >watersheds, much during the winter rains.The combination of siltation from >mudslides from clearcut hills and chemicals pouring into watersheds means >there are virtually no salmon left here. I have no idea what Mr. Cameron >thinks has happened in the Pacific Northwest but I can attest to what is >happening in this corner of the Pacific Northwest and it's wholesale >destruction, particularly on the part of Maxxam/Pacific Lumber. Those that >would say that there is too much regulation should come here. I will take >them on a tour. I will show you homes buried in mudslides, at least 5 >watersheds deemed "uncorrectable" by Calif. Dept. of Forestry, peoples >drinking water gone and more. Not only is regulation insufficient but it is >poorly enforced. if at all. Maxxam has over 250 violations of the Forest >Practice Rules and all that has happened to them is a loss of their timber >license that lasted about a week. >Mr. Cameron, you don't name the substance that you deem a safe chemical. >What is this chemical? I hope it's none of the above chemicals, because >they are anything but safe. Dr. Mark E. Kubiske Phone: 601-325-3550 Department of Forestry Fax: 601-325-8726 Box 9681 Email: mkubiske@cfr.msstate.edu Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS 39762-9681 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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