[CPEO-MEF] Eglin Air Force Base (FL) vs. popcord tree

[lsiegel@cpeo.org]

Eglin Air Force Base joins battle -- against invasive species
Eglin battles popcorn tree other invasive species

By TOM McLAUGHLIN
NORTHWEST FLORIDA DAILY NEWS
September 26, 2005

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE - The fringes of Eglin Air Force Base are under
attack. Invaders already have crept onto Eglin?s reservation,
threatening to depopulate the natives. But Eglin is not taking the
advance of the Chinese tallow sitting down.
The team of conservationists assigned to take out the pest, also known
as the popcorn tree, is authorized to use any means possible to stop the
encroachment along the 464,000-acre property.

"Anywhere there are open areas, it's easy for the tallow to get
started," said Dennis Teague, Eglin's expert on exotic invasive species.
"We're battling it all along our urban interface."


"Urban interface" describes the area where the Eglin reservation meets
the world around it.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050926/NEWS/509260397/1006/SPORTS
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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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