Rappaport, Brett

Rappaport, Brett. (1993). As natural landscaping takes root we must weed out the bad laws How natural landscaping and Leopold s land ethic collide with unenlightened weed laws and what must be done about it. The John Marshall Law Review. 26(4). (http // www.epa.gov/greenacres/weedlaws/index.html) (Last accessed February, 2007)... 

As identified by Brett Rappaport, these weed laws include federal, state, county, and local statutes or ordinances that place limits on what sort of vegetation can be grown on private land within its jurisdiction, and at what height. Most commonly, these laws represent some extension of municipal health codes, which are targeted at the features of yards that might help harbor pests such as rats or mosquitoes or that might present a potential fire hazard. ... 

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