Spray Alameda? Spray the light brown apple moth?
As you may have already heard, the state of California plans to spray up and down the coast three to five nights a month for five years to eradicate the light brown apple moth, a newcomer from...
View ArticleCalifornia Secretary of Agriculture Kawamura visits Alameda to defend moth...
At last night’s city council meeting—after a brief presentation on California’s strategy to control the Light Brown Apple Moth—a couple of dozen Alameda citizens stepped up to challenge the plan to...
View ArticleNews Links: Light brown apple moth
The rancor in the state continues over government plans to spray CheckMate, a synthetic moth hormone delivered in plastic ‘microcapsules’ over Bay Area counties come August. Genevieve Bookwalter...
View ArticleLBAM report out: pheromones over Alameda
When I first heard of the light brown apple moth, I promised myself I’d never use the LBAM acronym—because who calls a little brown moth “LBAM?” It’s goofy. But there it is, up there in the headline,...
View ArticleAlameda city council opposes light brown apple moth spray
Alameda’s city council voted last night to oppose the state’s plan to spray Alameda and surrounding cities with an untested synthetic moth pheromone delivered in plastic microcapsules. Michele Ellson...
View ArticleUpdate: Light brown apple moth spraying halted in Santa Cruz County
Breaking news: A Santa Cruz County judge this morning ruled that the state of California has not provided enough evidence of an emergency and must, thus, complete an environmental impact report on the...
View ArticleGov. Schwarzenegger calls for ‘halt’ to aerial spraying
[Ed. note: The New York Times is finally covering 4/25/08) the light brown apple moth and the government’s response.] On the heels of this morning’s ruling by a Santa Cruz county judge to stop aerial...
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