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--Apple-Mail-12--691222880 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hi folks, You may be interested to know that Shunpiking Magazine recently picked up the media release that Friends of Point Pleasant issued pertaining the the lack of science on the Brown Spruce Longhorn Beetle. It is available online at: http://www.shunpiking.com/ol0401/0401-AC-CM-longhorn.htm The central point is that this is no evidence to indicate that Brown Spruce Longhorn Beetles (Tetropium fuscum) attack healthy trees, i.e. that they are pests. Not only have the CFIA not answered what is a fundamental question with respect to this issue in the seven years since this debate began, they have not even attempted to answer it. This is a crucial point since if the BSLB does not attack healthy trees, it is not a pest, and all the effort and expense in trying to exterminate or contain this species are quite beside the point. While once an important topic in relation to Point Pleasant Park, the issue is now of pressing concern to the citizens of the entire province as the CFIA has proposed a quarantine zone the size of Prince Edward Island within Nova Scotia and there appears to be no foreseeable end to this costly and possibly unnecessary campaign. Friends of Point Pleasant Park have called for an independent inquiry to asses the CFIA's science and its conduct on this issue. Best wishes, Christopher Majka Friends of Point Pleasant Park --Apple-Mail-12--691222880 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV>Hi folks,<BR><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>You may be=A0interested to = know that Shunpiking Magazine recently picked up the media release that = Friends of Point Pleasant issued pertaining the the lack of science on = the Brown Spruce Longhorn Beetle. It is available online = at:</DIV><DIV><BR class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><A = href=3D"http://www.shunpiking.com/ol0401/0401-AC-CM-longhorn.htm">http://w= ww.shunpiking.com/ol0401/0401-AC-CM-longhorn.htm</A></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span">The=A0central point is that this is no = evidence to indicate that Brown Spruce Longhorn Beetles (<I>Tetropium = fuscum</I>) attack healthy trees, i.e. that they are pests. Not only = have the CFIA not answered what is a fundamental question with respect = to this issue in the seven years since this debate began, they have not = even attempted to answer it. This is a crucial point since if the BSLB = does not attack healthy trees, it is not a pest, and all the effort and = expense in trying to exterminate or contain this species are quite = beside the point.</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>While once an important = topic in relation to Point Pleasant Park, the issue is now of pressing = concern to the citizens of the entire province as the CFIA has proposed = a=A0quarantine zone the size of Prince Edward Island within Nova Scotia = and there appears to be no=A0foreseeable end to this costly and possibly = unnecessary campaign.=A0Friends of Point Pleasant Park have called for = an independent inquiry to asses the CFIA's science and its conduct on = this issue.</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Best wishes,</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Christopher = Majka</DIV><DIV>Friends of Point Pleasant = Park</DIV></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>= --Apple-Mail-12--691222880--
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