6/6/2012 BAN COSMETIC USE OF PESTICIDES. Delegation to Abbotsford City Council: JUNE 11, 2012
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1 Delegation to Abbotsford City Council: BAN COSMETIC USE OF PESTICIDES JUNE 11, 2012, Abbotsford (There may be billions of microorganisms in 1gram of soil.- Soils, Miller and Donahue) Aruncus - Goatsbeard KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN Dr. Thomas A. Swift - Elementary 2 Oso Berry and Huckleberry 5 8 Dr. Thomas A. Swift - Elementar Hemlock and Ostrich Fern Bird s Foot Trefoil
2 Swordfern (Dying Poplar - after pesticide spray) (Earthworms provide abundant and readily available plant nutrients.) 16 Red Clover (The amount of availabvle nitrogen that leguminous crops add to the soil is phenomenal. from Soils -Miller and Donahue) Red Osier Dogwood (Bacteria and fungi, the two categories having most of the organic matter decomposers, nitrogen fixers...from Soils -Miller and Donahue) Dr. Thomas A. Swift Elementary - Dying little Poplar after spray of pesticides 12 Fireweed
3 (Earthworms feed on animal and plant residues) (Most earthworms live within top 6.5 ft of soil horizon (Enemies of earthworms are... strong pesticides) Salal - Edible and choice 20 (Enemies of earthworms are... bare or barren soils) 23 (Algae..are producers of new photosynthetic growth..) 26 (Earthworms aerate and stir the soil) American Speedwell (Algae develop best in moist fertile soils
4 Salmonberry - Edible and Choice (Mycorrhizae are mutally beneficial (symbiotic) relationships between fungi and plant roots.) Lady Fern (The particular and collective influences of fungi on the soil environment are important.) Dr. Thomas A. Swift - Elementary (Fungi hasten nutrient recycling.)
5 Dr. Thomas A. Swift - Elementary Eyebright Philip Shefield - Virtual School, Abbotsford Indian Plum - Osoberry North Poplar - Fine Arts 38 Philip Shefield - Virtual School, Abbotsford Philip Shefield - Virtual School, Abbotsford North Poplar - Fine Arts Little hands will play on this yard laced with herbicides 45 5
6 Aruncus -Goatsbeard North Poplar - Fine Arts 46 Swordfern North Poplar NOT SO FINE ARTS Abbotsford Middle School North Poplar - Fine Arts Hands of little students- Chemical burn on their playground Scottish Broom North Poplar - Fine Arts North Poplar - Fine Arts
7 Lupines Bog Loosestrife Alexander Elementary - Abbotsford Alexander Elementary - Abbotsford Cranesbill Alexander Elementary - 62 Abbotsford Self-Heal Alexander Elementary - Abbotsford Narrow Leaf Plantain and Evening Primrose
8 Alexander Elementary - Abbotsford Alexander Elementary - Abbotsford Alexander Elementary - Abbotsford 70 Bog Loosestrife Alexander Elementary - Abbotsford Alexander Elementary - Abbotsford Red Osier Dogwood Dandelion Alexander Elementary - Abbotsford 72 8
9 Huckleberry Alexander Elementary - Abbotsfor Alexander Elementary - Abbotsford, Abbotsfor Alexander Elementary - Abbotsford 75 Large leaf Avens 78 Trillium, or Wake Robin 81 9
10 Grass - Seed for food Abbotsford Middle School, Abbotsford Abbotsford Middle School I m looking over a four-leaf Clover, that I overlooked before Abbotsford Middle School Tansy, Wooly Mullein and Sheep Sorrel
11 Alexander Elementary - Abbotsford 91 Scottish Thistle and Narrow Leaved Plantain Bouncing Bet Oakridge Park, Abbotsford, B. C. Dandelion Seeds - for the next beautiful growth of a healthy herb Martens Park, Abbotsford, B. C. 96 Martens Park, Abbotsford, B. C
12 Abbey Traditional Abbotsford Traditional (Not only are soils limited to the present amounts, but they also can be made unusable.) Chives Foxglove - Digitalis Fleabane Cranesbill Creeping Jenny Text And watch where you walk Abbotsford Traditional Middle School (Many toxins added to soils can build up to concentrations that become serious threats to plant and animal health.)
13 Evening Primrose Some plants that have recently been found to have symbiotic relationships with various Nitrogenfixing bactertia...are GRASS species. 109 Abbotsford Traditional Middle School (Soils are nature sdispose-all, its sewage treatment plant, its water 112 purifier,...) 115 Grasses and Sheep Sorrel Abbotsford Traditional Middle School (Some toxic substances become residual in the soils;) Iris - Blue Flag 116 Purple Vetch Abbotsford Traditional Middle School 111 Abbotsford Traditional Middle School
14 Snowberry Nootka Rose and Honey Bee Curled Dock - Smartweed Abbotsford Traditional Middle School (The use of pesticides...were the major causes of the early movements to reduce environmental pollution... Soils, Miller and Donahue pg. 538 Red Hawkweek Abbotsford Traditional Middle School Pesticides The cide ending means to kill Indian Plum - Oso Berry- Edible and choice
15 She Loves Me -- She Loves Me Not She Loves Me... Abbotsford Traditional Middle School Bladder Campion Jackson Elementary - Abbotsford Red-berry Elder Abbotsford Traditional Middle School Thimbleberry Oxe-eye Daisy
16 Jackson Elementary - Abbotsford Jackson Elementary Aruncus - Goatsbeard 142 Aspargus Jackson Elementary - Abbotsford Jackson Elementary - Abbotsford Wild Radish -? Spurge Jackson Elementary - Abbotsford
17 Jackson Elementary - Abbotsford (Actinomycetes...thrive best where there is ample fresh organic matter...) White Clover Nitrogen Fixation Sumac Bladder Campion Oats Phillip Sheffield-Virtual School (The best approach to encouraging beneficial organisms is to maintain optimun conditions for them.) 152 Canada Thistle -Fine Food for Finches Wall Lettuce Horsetail - Scouring Rush
18 Phillip Sheffield-Virtual School (The nature of soil humus is extremely complex.) Phillip Sheffield-Virtual School Great Mullein 160 Phillip Sheffield-Virtual Schoo Organic matter commonly increases water content at field capacity.) 155 Phillip Sheffield-Virtual School (Humus buffers the soil against a rapid change in acidity, alkalinity, and salinity; and damage by pesticides...) 158 Phillip Sheffield-Virtual School 161 Purple Vetch Tansy - Old seed heads and New grow 156 Phillip Sheffield-Virtual School
19 Harry Sayers Phillip Sheffield-Virtual School Hairy Cat s Ear Cleavers or Bedstraw Hairy Cat s Ear Cleavers - Bedstraw Thimble Berry 170 Bleeding Heart - Dicentra Oregon Grape Oregon Grape
20 Bleeding Heart - Dicentra 172 St. John s Wort - Klamath Weed 175 Tansy Ragwort 178 Sweet Cicely -? Cinquefoil- Potentilla Rick Hansen - High Schood, Abbotsford 179 Foxglove - Digitalis 174 English Daisy
21 Rick Hansen - High Schood, Abbotsford Eugene Reimer - Elementary, Abbotsford Scottish Broom Eugene Reimer - Elementary, Abbotsford 183 Evening Primrose 186 Eugene Reimer - Elementary, Abbotsford
22 Eugene Reimer - Elementary, Abbotsford Sweet Honesty - Silver Dollars 190 Oakridge Park - Abbotsford Eugene Reimer - Elementary, Abbotsford Crystal Court 197 Foxglove - Digitalis- Heart Medicine Crystal Court
23 Teasel Webster Park 199 Mosses Webster Park Foxglove - Digitalis Blue-eyed Grass Webster Park. Abbotsford
24 Lamb s Quarters Dormick Park Elementary Comfrey Butter and Eggs while the School Board sprays Herbicides
25 217 while the School Board sprays Herbicides Miner s Lettuce False Solomon s Seal
26 Shepherds Purse while the School Board sprays Herbicides 232 Amaranth 227 while the School Board sprays Herbicides while the School Board sprays Herbicides Salsify 26
27 Chamomile - Pineappleweed while the School Board sprays Herbicides Glyphosate - an Organophosphat Chickweed
28 the School Board sprays Herbicides Living things do not go well with pesticides 246 Chicory 249 English Daisy
29 Flowering Currant Goldenrod provides nectar for butterfly Young Lungs at Work?
30 The gardener s best friend depends on rich humic soil Great Mullein Roundup is sure death to fish and amphibians GLYPHOSATE - KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN Bearberry - kinnikinnick
31 North Poplar Elementary Small though microorganisms are, the soil teems with them. North Poplar Elementary North Poplar Elementary North Poplar Elementary North Poplar Elementary North Poplar Elementary Salsify providing nectar Roundup - means Death to fish and amphibians Round Leaved Mallow
32 Monsanto Adverstising 280 Roundup - Keep Out of Reach of Children 281 Chemical burns or Weeds
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