Thanks for pointing out the loss of habitat for insects. For monarchs in particular, their over-wintering sites are in great jeapardy. And while we plant milkweeds in our ditches, if they are planted next to agricultural fields, the chemicals will be absorbed into the milkweeds and poisoning the catepillars who eat them. It's such a wide-rainging subject.
You are correct! Too wide-ranging to be covered adequately in a 680-word ramble... but we CAN and MUST face these issues and get serious about them. Thanks for your response. Much appreciated.
Neonicintinoids are also implicated in a decline of aquatic invertebrates which is detrimental to the web of life, including one of Northeast Iowa's blessings; trout fishing. some states are beginning to recognize the threat of "neonics" and New York, New Jersey, and Maine have total or partial bans on them. Thanks for your awareness.
Thanks for pointing out the loss of habitat for insects. For monarchs in particular, their over-wintering sites are in great jeapardy. And while we plant milkweeds in our ditches, if they are planted next to agricultural fields, the chemicals will be absorbed into the milkweeds and poisoning the catepillars who eat them. It's such a wide-rainging subject.
You are correct! Too wide-ranging to be covered adequately in a 680-word ramble... but we CAN and MUST face these issues and get serious about them. Thanks for your response. Much appreciated.
Neonicintinoids are also implicated in a decline of aquatic invertebrates which is detrimental to the web of life, including one of Northeast Iowa's blessings; trout fishing. some states are beginning to recognize the threat of "neonics" and New York, New Jersey, and Maine have total or partial bans on them. Thanks for your awareness.
Steve M.
Decorah
Highly unlikely our state does something about it, the trout fishing in NE IA not withstanding.