Pesticide spraying near New Mexico river used to kill invasive grasshoppers called off by feds

Federal land managers have called off plans to spray pesticides near the Rio Chama in northern New Mexico as part of an effort to eradicate invasive grasshoppers.The decision announced Thursday by the Bureau of Land Management followed an outcry by environmentalists and others who worried that dispersing 670 gallons of carbaryl -- a potent neurotoxin

Related Keywords

Cebolla ,New Mexico ,United States ,Taos ,Rio Chama ,Rio Arriba County ,New Mexican ,Pamela Mathis ,Terry Sloan ,Us Agriculture Department ,Xerces Society ,Plant Health Inspection Service ,Us Department Of Agriculture Animal ,Bureau Of Land Management ,Land Management ,Rio Arriba ,Santa Fe New Mexican ,Albuquerque Based Southwest Native Cultures ,Rio Grande ,