Firewood quarantines to prevent emerald ash borer and others, nursery stock to prevent Phytophthora ramorum, stone fruit to prevent plum pox, etc. Also, whenever we inoculate chestnuts with the blight, we need permits to transport the culture and are required to burn the trees on site when finished, even if the culture was from natural infections. If the blight were not ubiquitous in eastern USA, this might make more sense. The only people who really pay attention to the less rational restrictions are those associated with organizations receiving government funds. Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of The Silent > Seed > Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 10:31 AM > To: Pacific Bulb Society > Subject: Re: [pbs] possible change in importation rules (NAPPRA) now Kudzu > > Tim, > Such as? May just be a slow morning, but nothing comes to mind. > > On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 10:24 AM, Tim Eck <teck11@embarqmail.com> > wrote: > > > Many organisms are very specifically restricted in the USA against > > transport across county lines or even from a specific property. The > > border control is almost completely non-existent though. > > > > Tim Eck > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: pbs [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of > > > Fierycloud > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 12:42 AM > > > To: Pacific Bulb Society > > > Subject: Re: [pbs] possible change in importation rules (NAPPRA) now > > Kudzu > > > > > > I wonder that if there are no border inspection control between > > > every states, the federal regulation should consider about the > > > threatening invasive species in the scale of all the biome from > > > arctic mountains and tropical islands of U.S. . > > > _______________________________________________ > > > pbs mailing list > > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > > > > -- > The Silent Seed > Rare and Unusual plants from around the world. > thesilentseed.com > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/