Forest pest mavens,
the confirmation hearing
for former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue to be Secretary of Agriculture has
been scheduled for 23 March - next Thursday.
Please contact your
senators and ask them to ask Mr. Perdue how he will use USDA authorities to
address invasive species - prevention, containment/eradication, management;
research; restoration ... outreach to and collaboration with partners ...
I suggested a number of
questions you might suggest in my blog of February 9 - available at www.nivemnic.us/2017/02
-- scroll down to the picture of Sonny Perdue (after my description of Interior
Secretary Zinke's discussion of invasive species policies.
Your engagement is
particularly important if one of your senators is on the Agriculture
Committee. You can find the committee members at https://www.agriculture.senate.gov/about/membership
(MD & PA both have
members on the Committee)
This is the best
opportunity we will have to put invasive species on USDA leadership's
agenda. Please help!
Faith Campbell
