Glyphosate is used on a tiny fraction of federal land. Eliminating it would be an ecological mistake.
Thanks for looking into this, Emily! I looked deeper into what the Lassen is actually doing in this post https://forestpolicypub.com/2026/05/11/are-we-bombarding-americas-forests-with-roundup-a-look-at-the-next-layer-down-of-a-mother-jones-piece/
This LA Times story looks at both sides.. https://forestpolicypub.com/2026/07/10/id-rather-my-house-burn-down-than-get-cancer-two-california-communities-fight-to-save-their-forests-la-times/
I do wonder a bit why this has become "a thing" at this point in time. Unless the point is to say "hey without herbicides we'll have brushfields, and so the ecosystems will transition, just like the climate doomers said"?
More wasted time and effort on a safe and effective chemical. Another example of environmentalism run amok. Wish we could move past this.
or maybe to distract from pesticide stories like this? "Chinese Gangsters Turned This California Paradise into a Marijuana Factory" https://www.city-journal.org/article/california-china-marijuana-siskiyou
Thanks for looking into this, Emily! I looked deeper into what the Lassen is actually doing in this post https://forestpolicypub.com/2026/05/11/are-we-bombarding-americas-forests-with-roundup-a-look-at-the-next-layer-down-of-a-mother-jones-piece/
This LA Times story looks at both sides.. https://forestpolicypub.com/2026/07/10/id-rather-my-house-burn-down-than-get-cancer-two-california-communities-fight-to-save-their-forests-la-times/
I do wonder a bit why this has become "a thing" at this point in time. Unless the point is to say "hey without herbicides we'll have brushfields, and so the ecosystems will transition, just like the climate doomers said"?
More wasted time and effort on a safe and effective chemical. Another example of environmentalism run amok. Wish we could move past this.
or maybe to distract from pesticide stories like this? "Chinese Gangsters Turned This California Paradise into a Marijuana Factory" https://www.city-journal.org/article/california-china-marijuana-siskiyou