SC - Bidding for Feast

[Stefan li Rous]

    OH  MY  GOD  .  .  .  politically correct plants?!?!?! (mantra du jour:
I'm not going to pick up the HK-93 and go hunting bureaucrats . . .'tis bad
karma, and people will talk about me even more than before . . .)
    I hesitate to point this out, but those bozos are about 350 years too
late . . . maybe they should have mentioned this to Tom Jefferson and a few
other founding fathers when they might have had some impact! Just HOW do
they propose getting this genie back into the bottle? And what effect will
this have on the bioengineering industry? Jeeze Louise, talk about closing
the barn door after it's burned to the ground . . .
    Of course, if they want to come down here and start eradicating
Maleleucas, more power to 'em. Perhaps they should start with the 'Death to
Kudzu' campaign first, just to get up a good head of steam.

    Sieggy

- ----- Original Message -----

> Gentles,
>
> I know this may be a bit out of period, but I just
> heard about this, and had to pop the question out onto
> the list (knowing that there are at least a few out
> there who are into gardening and heirloom plants...)
>
> Has anyone heard anything about the National Invasive
> Species Council's "White List"?  From what I can
> gather, it is a proposal (at this stage) to form a
> list of approved, non-invasive species of plants,
> which would prohibit the cultivation, propogation and
> importation of any other plant NOT on the list.  The
> papers I have read on it have been pretty one-sided
> (maybe justifiable), and I have not yet been able to
> access the actual, official government documents.  So,
> if there is anyone out there with more information,
> and you would like to discuss this, please feel free
> to drop me a line off-list.
>
> My greatest fear is that HOPS and BARLEY will somehow
> NOT make it onto the list, and then we will ALL be in
> a very large world of hurt.... :)
>
> Balthazar of Blackmoor
> (who is actually more concerned about this situation
> than he lets on...)