Is all conservation good?

[foxfire4321]

Having lived around kudzu for a number of years I am very aware of its detractors and the reasons for detraction, but I also see that it can be effectively controlled by natural systems too. The stuff has not taken over the entire Southeast and it has not been aggressively fought on all fronts. Yeah it is a very annoying weed in some respects, but I don't think it is the killer of ecosystems that you portray LeeP.

[LeeP]

Let's list a few of those "detractors", shall we? The US Department of Agriculture, the US Army Corps of Engineers, the US Forest Service, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, all stormwater services, power companies, and state departments of conservation and agriculture in relevant locales, the Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council, the National Invasive Species Council, the Plant Conservation Alliance, the Nature Conservancy, and the list goes on and on and on....
Any property infested with kudzu quickly becomes a biological desert. Kudzu is as annoying as a hurricane.
I'd be interested to know exactly what these natural systems that effectively control kudzu are, fox. Next you'll be singing the praises of Japanese honeysuckle, Chinese privet, and purple loosestrife.


Lee