The proposed rules or changes to current rules currently in place at APHIS are presented on the website. APHIS is inviting comment. I haven't seen anything that suggests a reason for alarm --rather-- a reason for staying on top of this issue and communicating rationally about it to APHIS Trust our government here even if there has been little reason to do so in the recent republican administrations since Eisenhower. ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Waddick" <jwaddick@kc.rr.com> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 2:38 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] Fwd: Importation of Plants - Proposed rule - Request for Guidance > >I hope you will read the Nature Conservancy's position paper posted all >>over the Internet...I have also been a member in the past. This is >>truly frightening. > > Dear Tony, > > I suspect you are the most knowledgeable member on this new > "Proposed Rule". > > Would you be willing to put down in a few simple words and > sentences what you think this Rule might result in and then > > Who exactly (name, title email or postal address) we could contact, > > What topics might be of greatest importance to bring up and, > > When the deadline is for contacting the responsible agency(-ies) ??? > > Has the agency proposing this already incorporated everything > in Hortus, specialty seed list, etc > > Will this list be by family, or genus, or species or down to cv? > > I'll certainly try to marshal some effort if I had a direct > contact to inform of my concerns. > > > Thanks Jim W. > -- > Dr. James W. Waddick > 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. > Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 > USA > Ph. 816-746-1949 > Zone 5 Record low -23F > Summer 100F + > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/