Katuah. - periodical reviews

PETER WARSHALL: Just what the doctor ordered for the great oak-hickory Appalachian Mountains Plateau. A group of dedicated enthusiasts reshaping their view of home. Poetry, kudzu, politics, bears appropriate technology, and access to local ecology. I wait for their issue on the podzols, glaciers, and human settlement. It is said that kudzu is taking over because it's not a "native" plant and it has no natural competitors in the ecology of this geographical area. As a result, a massive program has been in progress to eradicate the fiend using all means possible, especially the intensive use of herbicides such as 2,4-D and Round-Up. Yet kudzu comes back and keeps on keepin' on.... Some people claim that indeen kudzu played an important part in helping to save the topsoil of the Southeast from washing in to the ocean after hundreds of years of unwise agricultural practices in the region resulted in a massive and devastating erosion process.

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