I call this a "letter to the Blogger." I received an e-mail from Bana Malik from the
Waterkeeper Alliance.
Must say I was not aware of this as an issue, but their is an effort afoot to protect the Gulf Coast wetlands and its Cypress forrests from loggers turning Cypress trees into garden mulch.
Here is the e-mail:
"
Dear Sean,
This week Mother Jones magazine released the article Mulch Madness about Atchafalaya Basinkeeper Dean Wilson’s efforts to stop the illegal and unsustainable cutting of cypress for cheap mulch. Right now the cypress mulch industry is destroying wetlands that protect coastal Louisiana from hurricanes.
The article is online at:
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2008/03/louisianas-mulch-madness.htmlWaterkeeper has been working with Dean and organizations across the Gulf Coast to save our cypress forests. We’ve made great progress. In June 2007, more than 200 Louisiana cities, universities, churches and other organizationspledged to stop using cypress mulch.Month later,Wal-Martand Lowes announced they would stop or limit buying and selling cypress mulch from Louisiana . This is a great start but the threat remains. We have a long way to go to stop the mulching of the nation’s coastal wetland forests.
Our gardeners hold the key. We believe that gardeners must know the truth about cypress mulch, and will stop using cypress mulch when presented with the facts.
Again, thank you for your help spreading the word: Say NO to Cypress Mulch. I am also happy to provide more information for you.
Bana Malik
Waterkeeper Alliance"
Gardners use this as you may, seems to be a compelling cause, for me a stronger case to visit your independent local nurseries that are more in tuned with gardening done in a way that sustains the future of our natural environments.
Sean
Must say I was not aware of this as an issue, but their is an effort afoot to protect the Gulf Coast wetlands and its Cypress forrests from loggers turning Cypress trees into garden mulch.
Here is the e-mail:
" Dear Sean,
This week Mother Jones magazine released the article Mulch Madness about Atchafalaya Basinkeeper Dean Wilson’s efforts to stop the illegal and unsustainable cutting of cypress for cheap mulch. Right now the cypress mulch industry is destroying wetlands that protect coastal Louisiana from hurricanes.
The article is online at:
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2008/03/louisianas-mulch-madness.html
Waterkeeper has been working with Dean and organizations across the Gulf Coast to save our cypress forests. We’ve made great progress. In June 2007, more than 200 Louisiana cities, universities, churches and other organizationspledged to stop using cypress mulch.Month later,Wal-Martand Lowes announced they would stop or limit buying and selling cypress mulch from Louisiana . This is a great start but the threat remains. We have a long way to go to stop the mulching of the nation’s coastal wetland forests.
Our gardeners hold the key. We believe that gardeners must know the truth about cypress mulch, and will stop using cypress mulch when presented with the facts.
Again, thank you for your help spreading the word: Say NO to Cypress Mulch. I am also happy to provide more information for you.
Bana Malik
Waterkeeper Alliance"
Gardners use this as you may, seems to be a compelling cause, for me a stronger case to visit your independent local nurseries that are more in tuned with gardening done in a way that sustains the future of our natural environments.
Sean