During this time, a game plan for the mass release and monitoring will also need to be developed. We have to make sure they are doing something and are not getting wiped out. We have to study their effects. For bio-control to work we have to be more rational than we have been before. We also have to be better organized and coordinated than we have been in the past.
Humans seem to have a hard time getting their act together to solve complex problems.
Coordination and monitoring will be needed because even if the leaf hopper is safe and effective, it might not wipe out all the spartina. There may yet still be some bug-resistant strains in the bay. These plants will have to be hit quickly with other control methods while they are stressed with the attack of the leaf hoppers. If they are allowed to survive, the insect resistant strains could spread and eliminate the bio-control advantage. We need a fairly coherent game plan to kill the plants that remain.