Demand for mulch is growing
Bob Moser
The (Lafayette) Daily Advertiser
Feb. 12, 2007
Louisiana’s state trees has been the focus of a battle between business and conservationists for years.
Last year, a national advertising campaign urged Americans to boycott mulch made from bald cypress.
Since then, the Save Our Cypress Coalition, made up of environmental, wildlife and academic activists, has lobbied for Wal-Mart, Lowe’s and Home Depot to stop selling Louisiana cypress mulch.
Now activists say they have photos of clear-cutting in areas that won’t grow back, and local mulch being put in bags marked from Florida. Read the rest of this entry »
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