Date: 5/7/26 3:57 pm From: Jerry Butler <jerrysharon.butler...> Subject: Dicamba and Birding
Ten or more years ago I discovered an excellent small birding patch on the grounds of Mt Moriah Baptist Church and cemetery, on Toltec Road in southern Lonoke County. Two or three years later, a farmer from nearby sprayed dicambia on his crops and the vegetation at that site shrivelled up and died and for the next couple of years the birding at Mt Moriah took a nose dive. So I quit going by there to look Today I decided to give it another go, and my, am I glad I did. The birds are back.! The vegetation looks great, though a few of the big trees are gone. I saw three painted buntings, more than I have ever seen at one time, a prothonotary warbler and 24 other species of song birds.
I find it encouraging that stiffer regulations on diacambia use reversed its ill effects so remarkably, but the Trump administration lacks the courage it takes to do what science has shown is best for our environment and the long term health of agriculture. Thank goodness for the wise farmers who care for their soil and practce good agricultural methods.
