2008 Woodie Awards
Pesticide use on campus
Richard Engle
Issue date: 10/10/07 Section: Letters to the Editor
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Editor,
Thank you for giving prominent coverage to the use of pesticides on campus. The recent makeover of the LK Wood Blvd. median replaced low-maintenance trees with a lawn that requires frequent watering and mowing, as well as regular herbicide applications to preserve that picture-perfect, weed-free green carpet look. At a university that is ostensibly trying to promote its green credentials and reduce operating costs to manage its ongoing budgetary crisis, this strikes me as an odd choice. As I look around Arcata, one of the things that tells me I'm living in the right kind of community is the abundance of dry, weedy lawns around our neighborhoods in the summer, as well as other more attractive landscape designs that require minimal watering. I wish the decision-makers at HSU would take a clue from their resource-wise neighbors. Rip out the lawn, plant native trees!
Thank you for giving prominent coverage to the use of pesticides on campus. The recent makeover of the LK Wood Blvd. median replaced low-maintenance trees with a lawn that requires frequent watering and mowing, as well as regular herbicide applications to preserve that picture-perfect, weed-free green carpet look. At a university that is ostensibly trying to promote its green credentials and reduce operating costs to manage its ongoing budgetary crisis, this strikes me as an odd choice. As I look around Arcata, one of the things that tells me I'm living in the right kind of community is the abundance of dry, weedy lawns around our neighborhoods in the summer, as well as other more attractive landscape designs that require minimal watering. I wish the decision-makers at HSU would take a clue from their resource-wise neighbors. Rip out the lawn, plant native trees!
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