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Senate committee declines study of replacing sterile monocultures with native prairie plantings
Summary
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee heard testimony for and against a resolution to study costs and ecological effects of sterile monoculture plantings versus native prairie and pollinator plantings, then voted to recommend 'do not pass.'
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on March 7 declined to advance Senate Concurrent Resolution 40‑29, a proposal to direct legislative management to study the costs and effects of planting sterile monoculture "invasive" plantings versus native prairie and pollinator plantings across North Dakota.
Senator Jeff Magnum, sponsor of SCR 40‑29, told the committee the resolution would ask legislative management to "consider studying the cost and effects of planting, intending to sterile monoculture, invasive plants, and native plants within the state." He said the study would compare mowing, seeding, herbicide and pesticide application practices, and other costs associated with each approach.
The request grew out of constituent Carol 2 Eagles' advocacy, and Eagles spoke by phone from a hospital bed to…
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