…Mentor: Kristie Kendall Lauren Hutchison Lauren Taylor Lauren Taylor and Lauren Hutchison Invasives in Your Yard: A Homeowners Guide to Invasive Plants (website articles) Mentors: Gem Bingol, Julie Bolthouse, Marco Sanchez, and Sophia Chapin Annie Price Alberto Della Torre Alberto…
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Week Ahead for December 5, 2022: Rogers to announce new Charlottesville police chief; Albemarle Supervisors to talk capital budget with School Board
…staff include: Consider revising the invasive shrub species (“Alleghany” Viburnum) to a noninvasive species Reevaluate the trailhead park design to establish greater visual interest and a stronger sense of place. Options include, but are not limited to, incorporating the public…
A Walk Through Bird and Butterfly Paradise
…replacing invasive plants with native plants on about 87 acres of their property, now known as the Jones Nature Preserve. The results were dramatic. They spot wildlife that they never used to see, including a wide variety of birds and…
Transmission Lines: Why We Fight
…invasive species. It erects jarringly industrial structures over historic landscapes, and intrudes on views from country roads, public parks and the Rappahannock River, a State Scenic River. This is why PEC led such a vigorous fight against the TrAIL line…
An Award-Winning CREP Project
…it so… I don’t let people drive across it; you can still hunt; and I have to keep invasive species controlled. I would do this anyway for the health of the farm so the “restrictions” really aren’t that bad. The…
Controlling Wavyleaf Basketgrass
…addition, staying on the trail benefits you and the environment in many ways, any time of year. Staying on trails also helps protect sensitive species from being trampled. Even when no wavyleaf basketgrass is present, other invasive plants may take…
Section 3: Why Is This Plant Bad?
…with no new trees coming up, the adult trees cannot reproduce. Luckily, wavyleaf basketgrass is a new invasive and we have a chance to stop it and reverse the damage to our forests and meadows. Next Section: Return to a…
Making a Comeback
…meadow, removing invasive species, planting for pollinators, making a bird-friendly back yard, or putting in a rain garden or a frog pond. The site also provides a searchable database of sources of funds for land management projects that improve the…
Lyme Disease
…a non-native invasive shrub still in the nursery trade — provides ideal rodent (and hence tick) habitat due to its growth form. So, don’t buy barberry and ask your local nursery to stock native alternatives! Ticks do not jump, nor…
From the Field: PEC’s Piedmont Memorial Overlook
…the biodiversity of the property by managing for native plant species and eradicating non-native invasives; using it as a land management demonstration site for private landowners; and allowing the public to enjoy the property’s views for reflection and passive recreation….