Pitchfork Rebellion presents:
A legal, peaceful rally to save our forests!
STOP THE BLM
PESTICIDE INCREASE
Featuring a MOCK TRIAL in the Case of
Mother Nature versus the BLM!
Saturday, October 31, 1 p.m.
Rain or shine! It’s Halloween Day! You are Encouraged to Wear a Costume!
With Free Concert by:
Ian Van Ornum’s Blue Grass Band, Mossy Top
(Ian is the teen who got tased but his singing was already electrifying! )
and Eugene’s Favorite Reggae band,
I-Chelle and the Circle of Light
Day Owen speech:
“Stop Poisoning Us for Profit: Big Pesticide and the BLM!”
Maya Gee speech:
“The Hidden Truth about Invasives:
What Big Pesticide Does Not Want You to Know!”
WHERE:
The Old Federal Building at: 211 E.
7th Ave, Eugene
(by City Hall)
Fill Out the Following Coupon NOW and Mail it to BLM Before the Public Comment Period Ends!
Mail coupon to: Vegetation Treatments EIS Team, Box 2965, Portland, OR 97208
Public Comment on Draft Environmental Impact Statement on BLM Herbicides
Dear BLM, my name and address are: ________________________________________________________________
I oppose your plan to increase use of pesticides. I support ALTERNATIVE ONE – no herbicides – because all of the other alternatives
would increase the use of pesticides, including the deadly 2,4-D and the carcinogenic Diuron.
I protest the fact that your DEIS did not include an analysis of the inert ingredients and relied on a Bush-Administration legal definition
of the term “drift” that eliminated the consideration of vapor as drift.
I protest that you pretend to offer five alternatives but admit that numbers one and two are “only for comparison.”
I object to the fact that your ‘Proposed Option, Alternative Four’, would change your current authority “to spray only noxious weeds” to
have new legal authority to “spray all vegetation”, including at schools on leased BLM lands, campgrounds, and picnic areas. Children
before profits!
2 OCTOBER 29, 2009 EUGENE WEEKLY
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