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It lurks in backyards, open spaces and on roadsides. First, just one shows up, but then many follow, taking over with surprising vigor. It’s Clatsop County’s newest invasive weed – policeman’s helmet, a deceptively pretty flower atop clusters of tall leafy stalks that can grow to be 6 feet tall. The plant is taking a
While travelling the country having looked at thousands of sites with Japanese Knotweed issues, over the last 6.5 years I have seen the construction industry improve dramatically in regard to dealing with this non-native invasive species. Most competent construction contractors are able to identify the plant and know what to do when they come across
On September 30th, The Kimberley Independent School students (pre-K to Grade 8) spent a fun-filled afternoon battling invasive plants in their second annual WEED-A-THON fund-raiser. The students concentrated their efforts on the rails to trails which runs along behind their school an area that they frequent during their Outdoor Education activities. The school is working
A colony of beetles are being released into the wild to ensure a river remains navigable to boats. Azolla filiculoides, better known as the water or fairy fern, doubles in size every four or five days and has rampantly spread over Lincolnshire’s River Witham and its tributary, the River Till. To ensure boaters can still
Concerns have been raised that £250,000 improvements to a Worcester park are being rushed through. The leader of the city council has denied a deadline to finish the impending work at Fort Royal Park by the end of March has been set in a bid to attract votes ahead of the local elections. A new
Five acres of new grassland and wildflower meadow are being created in Eastham, Wirral by the Co-operative Funeralcare to boost the UK’s dwindling bee population. Based at the Co-operative Funeralcare’s woodland burial ground, Mayfields Woodland Remembrance Park, a mixture of wet grassland and wildflowers will be developed to provide new habitats for pollinators. The project
Japanese Knotweed is such a big problem in Carmarthenshire that Welsh Government help is needed to tackle it, council chiefs have said. The weed is beginning to have an economic as well as an environmental impact, according to a report prepared for Carmarthenshire Council’s executive board. In the report, Phil Snaith, chairman of a group
An Anglesey partnership is succeeding in its efforts to stop an invasive plant damaging Welsh wildlife. The non native Himalayan Balsam (Impatiens glandulifera) has already spread to many Anglesey river banks and can often be seen standing up to two metres tall, displaying prominent pink flowers. It is an annual plant that rapidly spreads along
A project to stop rare wildlife being destroyed by invasive plant species has been launched in Dorset. Dorset Wildlife Trust has been given £850,000 for its Portland in Peril scheme to tackle the spread of species such as cotoneaster and giant buddleja. The plants crowd out habitat used by butterflies like the common blue, adonis
It’s that time of year again…. The gyms are full, everyone has bought a pair of new trainers and people are cutting their alcohol intake… how long will these New Year’s resolution’s last… I’ll give them 2 weeks! How about a resolution we can all keep… Help the United Kingdom get rid of its Japanese