ࡱ> KMJY C;bjbjWW -N==C7]&&&&&$J& z.... :CW i k k k k k k $  c  cc c..zcccc..i &&ci cci i .f@a@&&ci West Virginia Native Plant Society November/December Bulletin The next WVNPS field trip/meeting will be held March 27, 2004 in Elkins, so mark your calendars! West Virginia Native Plant-related News --In the news Several items related to mountaintop removal, valley fill regulations, etc. There was so much news that I linked it to the website rather than dump it all here. Lots of good stuff, please check it out. Go to:  HYPERLINK http://www.wvnps.org/publicpolicy.html http://www.wvnps.org/publicpolicy.html and click on the first item on the page. --National Mountaintop Removal Campaign From Julian Martin, Outreach Chair, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy HYPERLINK "http://www.wvhighlands.org"www.wvhighlands.org The national campaign to end mountaintop removal is only a few months old and we have already had a victory in Cleveland, Ohio. Attendees of the presentations in Cleveland, Ohio the week of October 13 wrote letters and called their representative, Stephanie Tubbs-Jones to voice their concerns about the impact of this type of mining on the forests and communities of Appalachia. On October 28, Rep. Stephanie Tubbs-Jones signed to co-sponsor The Clean Water Protection Act as a direct result of hearing from her constituents. The Clean Water Protection Act would make mountaintop removal coal mining illegal by clarifying the Clean Water Act. To learn more about this bill please visit, HYPERLINK "http://mailhost.groundspring.org/cgi-bin/t.pl?id=51843:1194329."http://mailhost.groundspring.org/cgibin/t.pl?id=51843:1194329. Below are two ways you can help stop mountaintop removal: 1) Host a Viewing of "Appalachian Treasures" Appalachian Voices has just completed a brand new multi-media presentation called "Appalachian Treasures," a gripping overview of the dire threat mountaintop removal poses to Appalachia's rich natural and cultural heritage. You can help stop mountaintop removal by inviting friends and family to your home to watch the 15-minute show. To get your free CD and action kit, contact Appalachian Voices today at HYPERLINK "mailto:outreach@appvoices.org"outreach@appvoices.org or 828-262-1500. Volunteers have already begun taking this presentation on the road. To learn more about the "Appalachian Treasures," presentation and how you can bring it to your town, click here: HYPERLINK "http://mailhost.groundspring.org/cgi-bin/t.pl?id=51844:1194329."http://mailhost.groundspring.org/cgi-bin/t.pl?id=51844:1194329. 2) Mountaintop Removal Featured on Woody Harrelson's Website - Visit VoiceYourself and Send a Letter to Congress A new mountaintop removal action alert has just been posted on VoiceYourself, Woody Harrelson's website. You can send a message to your US Representative right from the website asking them to help protect communities from mountaintop removal. Click here: HYPERLINK "http://mailhost.groundspring.org/cgi-bin/t.pl?id=51845:1194329."http://mailhost.groundspring.org/cgi-bin/t.pl?id=51845:1194329. You can also read our friend Joe Hickey's (Woody Harrelson's manager) account of seeing mountaintop removal for the first time on a fly-over arranged by Appalachian Voices and Southwings. Click here to see them both on the VoiceYourself homepage, HYPERLINK "http://www.voiceyourself.com."www.voiceyourself.com. To learn more about mountaintop removal try these websites: HYPERLINK "http://mailhost.groundspring.org/cgi-bin/t.pl?id=51847:1194329."http://mailhost.groundspring.org/cgi-bin/t.pl?id=51847:1194329. HYPERLINK "http://www.ohvec.org"www.ohvec.org HYPERLINK "http://www.coalriver.org"www.coalriver.org HYPERLINK "http://www.wvcoalfield.com"www.wvcoalfield.com HYPERLINK "http://www.wvrivers.org"www.wvrivers.org HYPERLINK "http://www.mountaintopmining.org"www.mountaintopmining.org HYPERLINK "http://www.wvhighlands.org"www.wvhighlands.org HYPERLINK "http://www.wvsierra.org"www.wvsierra.org --Comments sought on mountaintop removal From Julian Martin, outreach chair WEST VIRGINIA HIGHLANDS CONSERVANCY HYPERLINK "http://www.wvhighlands.org"www.wvhighlands.org HELP GENERATE COMMENTS ON THE MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL Environmental Impact Study The ideal thing is for each person to write an individual letter, rather than sign a form letter. Please see HYPERLINK "http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/coal/"www.sierraclub.org/sierra/coal/ and HYPERLINK "http://www.ohvec.org/issues/mountaintop_removal/articles/EIS_scam.pdf."www.ohvec.org/issues/mountaintop_removal/articles/EIS_scam.pdf. Use these documents to build your own comments. The deadline for comments to be submitted is January 6, 2004. Comments can be e-mailed to mountaintop.r3@epa.gov. Ideally, snail-mail your own individual comments to: John Forren U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (3EA30) 1650 Arch St. Philadelphia, PA 19103. When Congress and Clinton were trying to change rules governing mountaintop removal valley fills, local, regional and environmental groups worked together, calling on all of our members to submit written comments to a government agency. Together we generated over 17,000 comments and the rule change never happened! We once again must generate massive numbers of public comments, this time on the draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on mountaintop removal. (HYPERLINK "http://www.epa.gov/region3/mtntop/eis.htm"www.epa.gov/region3/mtntop/eis.htm). Sure, the Clinton Era was back in the good old days when so-called public servants weren't quite so blatant about being corporate lackeys. To make a difference this time, we are going to have to greatly intensify our efforts toward generating written comments. Please help! Please talk with your friends and neighbors. Ask them to make comments. The deadline for comments to be submitted is January 6, 2004. Please don't wait till the last minute to get others involved in the commenting process! --Petition the Forest Service to keep Cranberry Backcountry road closed From Julian Martin, Outreach Chair West Virginia Highlands Conservancy HYPERLINK "http://www.wvhighlands.org"www.wvhighlands.org This letter is from Joe Webb of WV Council of Trout Unlimited Friends, Sorry to send this out as a "form letter," but it was the most efficient way to reach all of you who have e-mailed me concerning the recent flap over the opening of the Cranberry Backcountry Road the last two Sundays in October. With the help of Zach Pittman, who runs the wvangler.com website, we have created an online petition to the Forest Service to encourage them not to open this road in the future and to keep the gates closed on roads in backcountry areas. Please take a minute to sign the petition by clicking on the link below or copying and pasting it into your web browser. After you sign the petition you will get a confirmation e-mail from PetitionsOnline.com which contains a message you can copy and paste to help encourage others to sign the petition as well. HYPERLINK "http://www.petitiononline.com/wvangler/petition.html"http://www.petitiononline.com/wvangler/petition.html Native Plant Conservation Campaign News --For the December NPCC report, go to:  HYPERLINK http://www.wvnps.org/NPCC.html http://www.wvnps.org/NPCC.html This months report includes a letter from economists telling President Bush that conservation is good for the economy; an updated listing of administration policies that impact native plants; a report on endangered species worldwide, and more! Other News --PPG=plants per gallon From Lawrence R. Stritch, Ph.D., Botanist ,USDA Forest Service Subject: Bad Mileage - 98 tons of plants per gallon Teresa Prendusi, Regional Botanist U.S. Forest Service, Intermountain Region HYPERLINK "http://www.brightsurf.com/news/oct_03/EDU_news_102703_b.php"http://www.brightsurf.com/news/oct_03/EDU_news_102703_b.php --Feds award invasive species grants Release No. 0349.03 Alisa Harrison (202) 720-4623 Nancy McNiff (202) 694-5106 USDA AWARDS $1.5 MILLION FOR RESEARCH ON THE ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF PREVENTION, CONTROL, OR ERADICATION OF INVASIVE PESTS WASHINGTON, Oct. 8, 2003Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman today announced $1.5 million in grants and cooperative agreements to organizations in eight states to examine the economic effects of combating exotic pests and diseases. Protection of the nations agriculture and natural resources from invasive pests is a top priority for the Bush Administration, said Veneman. These research projects will help enhance our ability to fight invasive pests. The grants and cooperative agreements announced today will be provided to organizations in California, Hawaii, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, Virginia, Washington, and Wyoming. They will examine: The costs and benefits of alternative invasive species management strategies conducted in foreign countries, at U.S. ports of entry, and within the United States; The economic effects of regulations to prevent the importation of invasive species that threaten U.S. forest resources; The economic issues associated with the design and operation of voluntary insurance and mandatory check-off programs that provide assistance for the management of invasive species risks; Economic effects of livestock disease controls and how these effects might vary with efforts by ranchers or regulatory authorities to reduce the risk of disease transmission How to best allocate resources between exclusion and control strategies for representative invasive pests; The economic effects of invasive species policies within the context of trade and agricultural policies, such as tariffs, commodity programs, and crop insurance. The complete list of awards is attached. These research projects are competitively awarded by the Program of Research on the Economics of Invasive Species Management (PREISM), administered by USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS). PREISM studies will provide analytically-based principles or guidelines for invasive species policy and program decision making, decision support tools, and economic information or modeling systems that support the use of such principles, guidelines, or tools. More information about these projects can be accessed on the web at: HYPERLINK "http://www.ers.usda.gov/briefing/invasivespecies"www.ers.usda.gov/briefing/invasivespecies. FY 2003 PREISM Competitive Grants and Cooperative Agreements University of Hawaii, University Sponsored Programs Office, Honolulu, HI, $200,000 This project will examine how to best allocate resources between excluding pests and developing management strategies for resident invaders, for three representative invasive pests: an established invader, a potentially explosive invader, and an eradicable or controllable invader. University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, $185,000 This project will assess three alternative frameworks for integrating economics and biology to assess the risks associated with alternative strategies for managing invasive agricultural pests. University of Maryland, Cambridge, MD, $175,000 (for FY 2003 and FY 2004) This study will demonstrate and assess the use of spatial databases to analyze potential economic impacts and possible irreversible effects associated with exotic weed invasions. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, $158,000 This study will evaluate economic issues associated with the design and operation of voluntary insurance and mandatory check-off programs that provide assistance for agricultural producers management of risks associated with invasive species. University of California, Davis, CA, $150,000 (for FY 2003 and FY 2004) This project will examine the economic implications of invasive species policies within the context of trade and agricultural policies, such as tariffs, commodity programs, and crop insurance. University of California, Davis, CA, $145,000 This project will examine whether and how the relationships between biological and economic activity suggest that different pest management objectives and techniques are favored during different times over the course of an invasion. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, $129,000 This study will evaluate the economic effects of bovine tuberculosis controls and how these effects might vary with efforts by ranchers or regulatory authorities to reduce the risks of disease transmission. University of Maryland, College Park, MD, $119,000 This analysis will characterize for program decision makers how policies for optimally managing an invasive agricultural pest depend on the process of introduction, the ecological conditions that govern establishment and spread, the economic damages associated with invasion, and the costs of prevention and control activities. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, $108,000 This project will evaluate different risk management strategies involving the sequential use of safeguards, such as field surveys and packinghouse restrictions in exporting countries, to reduce trade-related invasive pest risks to a desired level with minimal disruptions to trade. USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Asheville, NC, $101,981 This study will examine the economic effects on producers and consumers of forestry products, including downstream manufacturing industries, of regulations aimed at preventing the importation of invasive species that threaten U.S. forest resources. FY 2003 PREISM Competitive Grants and Cooperative Agreements (contd) Washington State University, Pullman, WA, $100,000 This project will develop bioeconomic models to examine the costs and benefits of alternative invasive species management strategies conducted in foreign countries, at U.S. ports of entry, and within the United States. 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