Silent Fall?

A line in the sand is being drawn.

The target: 4300+ Light Brown Apple Moths in 11 CA counties

At risk, agriculture officials claim, is $133 million in California crops. The proposed solution is to spray infested areas with a synthetic pheromone, CheckMate OLR-F. There is controversy pertaining to the health risks associated with the biochemical.
CheckMate OLR-F is odorless to humans, the scent confuses the male moths. They follow it and lose track of the real female moths, thereby disrupting the mating cycle.

My county is considered ground zero for LBAM infestation as 87% of the species is found here. Surprisingly, there has been very little protest to date against the impending plan to eradicate the moth. The plan is being challenged in court but the public seems to be silent so far.

So far.

This is a real test to determine and define the power of the people in Santa Cruz county and beyond. I wonder if the people of the Central Coast will organize to stop the spraying. So far there has been one cycle of spraying in Monterey county.

This is an emerging story to follow...
http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/phpps/PDEP/lbam/lbam_main.html