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Executive Order 13112 calls for the creation of a Federal Advisory Committee to provide information and advice for consideration by the Council. The ISAC is composed of approximately thirty stakeholders from state organizations, industry, conservation groups, scientists, academia and other interests. The ISAC is composed of stakeholders from state organizations, industry, conservation groups, scientists, academia and other interests. The members serve two-year terms. Listed below are the current members of ISAC, who have been recently selected (August 2004) to serve on the third term of the advisory committee.
Updated August 4, 2005
| Dr. K. George Beck Colorado State University Department of BioAgricultural Sciences and Pest Management Fort Collins, CO 80523 |
Dr. Gary M. Beil Minnesota Crop Improvement Association 1900 Hendon Avenue St. Paul MN 55108 |
| Mr. E. Shippen Bright Maine Lakes Conservancy Institute 41 Meadowlake Road Nobleboro, ME 04555 |
Mr. David Brunner National Fish and Wildlife Foundation 28 Second Street, 6th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 |
| Ms. Allegra A. Cangelosi Northeast Midwest Institute 218 D Street, S.E. Washington, D.C. 20003 |
Mr. Timothy J. Carlson Tamarisk Coalition P.O. Box 1907 Grand Junction, CO 81502 |
| Ms. Diane Cooper Taylor Shellfish Farms SE 130 Lynch Road Shelton, WA 98584 |
Dr. Joseph Corn University of Georgia Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study College of Veterinary Medicine Athens, GA 30602-7393 |
| Ms. Michele Dias California Forestry Association 1215 K Street, Suite 1830 Sacramento, CA 95814 |
Mr. Willard "Bill" Dickerson North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services P.O. Box 27647 Raleigh, NC 27611 FedEx: 216 W. Jones Street Raleigh, NC 27603 |
| Ms. Patricia Doerr National Governors Association 444 North Capitol Street, N.W. Suite 267 Washington, DC 20001-1512 |
Dr. Lucius G. Eldredge Pacific Science Association Bishop Museum 1525 Bernice Street Honolulu, HI 96817 |
| Mr. Christopher Fisher Coleville Confederated Tribes P.O. Box 150 Nespelem, WA 99155 |
Mr. Steve Henson Southern Appalachian Multiple-Use Council 1544 South Main Street Waynesville, NC 28786 |
| Dr. Jerome A. Jackson Florida Gulf Coast University Whitaker Center for Science, Math and Technology Education 10501 FGCU Boulevard South Ft. Myers, FL 33965-6565 |
Dr. Nelroy E. Jackson Monsanto Company Agricultural Sector 400 South Ramona Avenue, Suite 212 Corona, CA 92879-1448 |
| Ms. Marilyn B. Leland Prince William Sound Regional Citizens' Advisory Council 3709 Spenard Road Anchorage, AK 99503 |
Mr. Ronald R. Lukens Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission P.O. Box 726 Ocean Springs, MS 39566-6726 |
| Mr. Steven McCormick The Nature Conservancy International Headquarters 4245 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 100 Arlington, VA 22203-1606 |
Ms. Kathy J. Metcalf Chamber of Shipping of America 1730 M Street, N.W., Suite 407 Washington, D.C. 20036-4517 |
| Mr. N. Marshall Meyers Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council 1220 19th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 |
Mr. Charles R. O'Neill New York Sea Grant Program Morgan II, State University College Brockport, NY 14420 |
| Mr. Craig Regelbrugge American Nursery and Landscape Association 1000 Vermont Avenue, 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20005 |
Dr. Sarah Reichard Center for Urban Horticulture University of Washington Box 354115 Seattle, WA 98195-4115 FedEx: 3501 NE 41st Street Seattle, WA 98107 |
| Dr. Jeffrey D. Schardt Florida Department of Environmental Protection 3900 Commonwealth Boulevard MS 100 Tallahassee, FL 32397 |
Mr. Duane Shroufe Arizona Game and Fish Department 2221 W. Greenway Road Phoenix, AZ 85023 |
| Dr. Jeffrey Stone Oregon State University Department of Botany and Plant Pathology Cordley 2082 Corvallis, OR 97331-2902 |
Mr. John Peter Thompson The Behnke Nurseries Company 11300 Baltimore Avenue P.O. Box 290 Beltsville, MD 20705 |
| Mr. Ken Zimmerman Lone Tree Cattle Company P.O. Box 910 Bellflower, CA 90707 |
The White List (or "clean list") is proposed policy which will extend government and corporate control over the possession, importation and movement of anything that is alive - plants, animals, fungi, microorganisms, everything. Under current law, the government controls or prohibits a limited list of pest species - agricultural weeds, insect pests, dangerous pathogens, etc. Only species known to cause problems are controlled. Under the White List, the government will draw up a limited list of species it deems "safe", which will continue to be legal to possess, move or import. All other species, an estimated 99.75% of the Earth's biota will be considered "guilty until proven innocent", presumed harmful or dangerous, and will be prohibited.
Once in place, only the limited "white list" of government-approved species will be permitted - all other species will be considered contraband, with penalties for possession and mandated extermination. To add a species to the White List, expensive "safety testing" and "risk assessment" will be required for approval. Randy Westbrooks, of the USDA, stated that the testing should be similar to the 30 to 40 million-dollar safety testing required to market a new toxic chemical. To offset the cost of testing, it has been proposed that a new form of life patent be granted, giving sole rights to the entire species and its genome to the corporation paying for the testing (it being unlikely that individuals will be able to afford such testing), and granting complete immunity to the patent holder of the species becomes a pest. This will place over 99% of the natural world off-limits - it is the greatest "theft of the commons" from humanity, and the greatest extension of government and corporate control over the natural world in history. While placing the Earth's living biodiversity into private corporate ownership, it will also create self-perpetuating bureaucratic sinecures - an army of unelected bureaucrats, unanswerable to the public, with the power of life and death over all species. Once federal legislation is in place, the states will soon follow, controlling all movement of native species between states.
The White List/National Weed Strategy will mandate the extermination of all unapproved species. Not only will this include unapproved "foreign" species from outside the U.S., but will inevitably include hundreds of U.S. native species which happen to have moved outside their historic boundaries - many native species with expanding ranges are already being exterminated wherever they are deemed "invaders" by decision-makers. At a prairie restoration in New York 5 species of native trees and shrubs were declared "invaders", cut and burned. In Illinois, a native Solidago was killed with herbicide; in an Indiana nature preserve native red cedar girdled and burned; at Curtis Prairie, University of Wisconsin, native aspens declared "invaders", girdled and cut; at Dolomite Hill Prairie Restoration in Illinois, 4 native trees and shrubs cleared with brush hogs, herbicide and burning; in California, native red fox declared an "alien predator" and killed; in San Diego County a native Encelia was declared "a threat to genetic and ecosystem integrity" and exterminated. Even the endangered Monterey cypress is killed mere miles from its last remaining wild stands as a "weed tree" and "non-native fire hazard". The propagation and reintroduction of endangered wild plants has been called a "risk to the genetic integrity of wild plant populations" and a threat to "native plant communities".
This is a government seizure of the power to dictate the natural range of every species, and to dictate the exact species composition of all natural areas and every ecosystem in the nation. Private property will not be excluded - even under current law the government has the power to enter private land and destroy pest species. If you are found with an unapproved species on your land, the "infestation" can be declared a public nuisance, exterminated, and you can be billed for the costs of "abatement".
White list proponents have also lobbied for changes to the World Trade Organization rules to further their agenda.
"This agenda turns environmentalism on its head; the wholesale poisoning of our natural areas with ecosystem-destroying chemicals will be mandatory government policy profiting corporate giants, yet wild plants and animals, the very components of the natural world and basis of all biological diversity will require multi-million dollar testing for "safety!"-- Hudson, 1995.
ping
Massachusetts is already banning the importation and sale of "invasive" plants:
http://www.mass.gov/agr/farmproducts/proposed_prohibited_plant_list_v12-12-05.htm
Looks like a jobs program for the funeral industry. I propose it be buried.
NOTE: Sitting on the Federal Invasive Species Advisory Committee
Dr. Nelroy E. Jackson
Monsanto Company
Agricultural Sector
400 South Ramona Avenue, Suite 212
Corona, CA 92879-1448
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How do you say No NAIS in Japanese?
Excerpt:
>>>Genes and the products of genetic engineering can be patented and owned. In 1980, two federal landmark decisions influenced the business side of biotechnology. A Supreme Court ruling allowed patents to be granted for genetically engineered organisms, processes of transforming cells and expressing proteins, and genes themselves. More recently, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a Patent Office decision and ruled that DNA sequences that code for particular proteins are patentable. The Bayh Dole Act rules that all intellectual property resulting from federal funding resides in the university, rather than in the government. Unless, the univeristy link is linked to funding by a company, such as Monsanto.
This is what is fueling the drive for a major restructuring of the agriculture, food, and fiber industries. The Bio and now Nanotechnology sciences have presented fundamental problems for the protection of intellectual property rights. As the main OECD publication on patent protection has put it (Beier et al., 1985):
"In the past the patent system rested safely on a semantically clear [and] objectively defensible separation between (patentable) invention' and (non-patentable) 'discovery'. The recent development of biotechnology where some scientific discoveries could be turned into commercial products almost immediately has blurred this separation. This may have far-reaching legal and practical consequences."
Monsanto has sued hundreds of farmers for saving gene-altered seeds from each year's harvest to replant their fields the following season -- a practice farmers have followed for years. In fact, three-quarters of the world's growers are subsistence farmers who rely on saved seed. Monsanto claims "seed piracy" and said replanting the company's patented, gene-altered seeds violates a three-year-old company rule requiring that farmers buy the seeds fresh every year. Monsanto does not sell its engineered seeds in the traditional sense but "leases" them, in effect, for one time use only.
The Creation of National Animal Identification System
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We never finished WW2, huh?
What is this s#!t??
So, who gets the Kudzu? What idiocy.
How long will it take these control freaks to go from banning "invasive" species to banning all "non-native" ones? I'm sure these elite idiots have no qualms about dining on exotic non-native foods at trendy restaurants.
ping
What it comes down to, anything that is not patented by Monsanto and their approved ilk will not be allowed.
Control over the food, control over the world.
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ping
Our top story, the population of parasitic tree lizards has exploded, and local citizens couldn't be happier! It seems the rapacious reptiles have developed a taste for the common pigeon, also known as the feathered rat, or the gutterbird. For the first time, citizens need not fear harassment by flocks of chattering disease-bags.
Skinner: Well, I was wrong. The lizards are a godsend.
Lisa: But isn't that a bit short-sighted? What happens when we're overrun by lizards?
Skinner: No problem. We simply release wave after wave of Chinese needle snakes. They'll wipe out the lizards.
Lisa: But aren't the snakes even worse?
Skinner: Yes, but we're prepared for that. We've lined up a fabulous type of gorilla that thrives on snake meat.
Lisa: But then we're stuck with gorillas!
Skinner: No, that's the beautiful part. When wintertime rolls around, the gorillas simply freeze to death.
My sense of humor must have been declared an invasive species. :(
Normally, that is something that would have made me laugh.
Call me the comic relief. I know it's hard with such an important topic. You are fighting the good fight!
Just like with the Healthy People 2010 initiative, when you sign on for the grant money, you lend the GRANTOR ownership. The NGOs then OWN what the grant money touches. Eminent Domain on STEROIDS.
STAKEHOLDER ANNOUNCEMENT
March 22, 2004
National Invasive Species Council
FEDERAL AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVES DISCUSS INVASIVE SPECIES ISSUES
(Washington, D.C.) – With the problems facing the fragile island ecosystem of Hawaii as a backdrop, more than 60 representatives from federal, state and local governments, and many non-governmental organizations including several universities and industry groups, met this winter to discuss plans and progress in the United States’ battle against invasive species.
“It is important to see invasive species programs in the field, and Hawaii has its share of problems with species like miconia plants, coqui frog, and snowflake coral, “ said Jim Tate, science advisor to Department of Interior Secretary Gale Norton, “and Hawaii has also developed some solid, grass-roots ways of fighting back.”
“I had no idea how serious the invasive species problems of Hawaii were until I saw them for myself this week,” Tate continued. “The native plant and animal communities have been seriously damaged by invasive species on island after island.”
Secretary Norton, Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman, and Commerce Secretary Donald Evans are co-chairs of the five-year old National Invasive Species Council. NISC also has an Invasive Species Advisory Committee (ISAC) to advise the federal government on the issue of invasive species and to act as representatives of the many interested parties and stakeholders. The 29 members of ISAC advise and make suggestions to assist NISC in its coordination and communications about invasive species issues. NISC assists by providing guidance for the more than 23 separate federal agencies that work on invasive species issues. The efforts of NISC and ISAC, with public input, produced a National Management Plan that aims to provide a roadmap for people working from the policy level to the field on all aspects of invasive species programs.
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An "invasive species" is defined as a species that is 1) non-native (or alien) to the ecosystem under consideration and 2) whose introduction causes or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health. In Hawaii, Miconia is crowding out native forest vegetation, which negatively impacts natural water systems. Coqui frogs threaten native insects and make a loud noise that has adversely impacted real estate values in some parts of the islands. Snowflake coral is threatening to overtake native black coral reefs and alter the underwater ecosystem balance. However, teams on each island have been recruited in Hawaii to fight these and other invasives. Groups work to eradicate, manage and exclude species and restore native habitat. Although the work is slow going, progress is being made everyday.
“It is amazing and hopeful to see that you can make progress against these invasions when you work together and pool resources, time and talent, “ said Lori Williams, executive director of NISC.
“Since NISC was formed and got up to full speed, we have learned a great deal. It is a good time to discuss our progress and refine our plans,” said Hilda Diaz-Soltero, Senior Invasive Species Coordinator for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Since this is the five year anniversary of the group, the National Management Plan will be revised and presented for public comment within the next year. The threats and problems posed globally by invasive species are extremely complex, diverse and broad in scope. It is a prime mission of NISC to promote and facilitate broad collaboration to develop effective solutions to this critical, multidisciplinary issue. For more information, including upcoming plans, events, and accomplishments, point your Internet browser to www.invasivespecies.gov.
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Note to Stakeholders: Stakeholder announcements and other NISC information are available on the Internet at http://www.invasivespecies.gov/. For additional information on this topic, contact Anna Cherry at (202) 354-1891 or anna_cherry@ios.doi.gov (or at anna.l.cherry@aphis.usda.gov).
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The UN Plan for Your Mental Health (UNESCO)
Well, let's just be grateful to those "listed" for doing their part in feeding folks around the world. How many of those named, help commie guns make the hungry world go round by round?
like Mad Cow Disease
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