Hopefully, everyone saw the article, "Losing Cypress", by Matt Brown in last Sunday's Times-Pic. Well, GRN Intern, Erin Eagan, sure did. Her LTE was printed this Saturday, October 21. I've pasted it below. Nice work Erin!
Choose alternative to cypress
Re: "Losing cypress," Our Opinions, Oct. 11.
Cypress mulch has become the most imminent threat to our coastal wetland forests. Beautiful cypress swamps are being clear-cut to feed the mulch machine.
Evidence shows that clear-cut cypress forests in coastal Louisiana are being ground into garden mulch. That mulch is being bagged on site, and those same bags appear in the garden departments of nation-wide retailers. One of the brands even claims that the mulch is from "environmentally harvested cypress."
The state and federal government must act to protect these valuable storm barriers and wildlife habitat. Until then, consumers and retailers all over the country can help by not buying cypress mulch. Sustainable alternatives, such as pine straw and pine-bark nugget, are similarly priced and often more effective.
Erin Eagan
Kenner
Dan Favre is the GRN's Campaign Organizer.
Labels: Cypress, Natural Storm Defenses
posted by Dan at 12:50 PM
1 Comments:
I am really glad that word is spreading about this issue. Already we are working on getting Gulf State universities to stop using cypress mulch. Focusing on the consumer side is important- we should all be aware that our purchases, no matter what they are, have some impact, somewhere.
If you are affiliated with a university or business, contact dan@healthygulf.org-- we can help get you started on eliminating cypress mulch use in large-scale enterprises.
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