http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 6. http://www.hcn.org/articles/17137 The BLM’s plans to spray nearly a million acres with herbicides have some environmentalists fuming, but biologists and land managers welcome the policy. No publisher Eve Rickert BLM Bureau of Land Management weeds invasive plants invasive species herbicides 2010-02-05T09:27:47Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/311/15946 Protected Harvest is a nonprofit that offers certification to farmers who are interested in more eco-friendly practices, but not willing to become organic No publisher Emma Brown Crops Organic farming organic produce Protected Harvest food certification eco-friendly agriculture Carolyn Brickey processing tomato standards University of California-Davis California State Water Board Art Bagget energy conservation herbicides pes 2010-02-05T08:31:56Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/284/15045 A genetically engineered form of creeping bentgrass, designed to be resistant to the herbicide Roundup, could creep from the golf courses it’s intended for to nearby public lands No publisher Zachary Smith Science Crops Roundup Ready creeping bentgrass golf course turf The Scotts Company Monsanto genetic engineering GE crops plant genetics Norman Ellstrand Wayne Owen Forest Service Gina Ramos BLM Center for Food Safety Kiki Hubbard Turf-Seed herbicides 2010-02-05T09:21:27Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/262/14363 The state of New Mexico is beginning an aerial herbicide assault on the exotic shrub saltcedar, or tamarisk, but some fear spraying Arsenal along the Rio Grande could harm native cottonwoods No publisher Paul Krza Exotic Saltcedar tamarisk Rio Grande exotic plants weed control herbicides aerial spraying Arsenal herbicide 2010-02-05T09:55:13Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/352/17175 Botanist Sue Rutman has had surprising success just yanking up buffelgrass, but herbicides remain the first line of defense No publisher Michelle Nijhuis herbicides exotic plants Deserts Organ Pipe National Sonoran Desert Monument ecosystems invasive plants desert Buffelgrass 2010-12-13T23:05:24Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/353/17192 Some environmentalists are unhappy about the BLM’s plans to spray herbicides for weed control, but many public-land managers say it’s the only way to tackle the invasion of flammable weeds. No publisher Eve Rickert BLM public lands flammable grasses herbicides weed control 2010-08-27T22:21:22Z News Article