Dear
FOBC members,
Between
the flood of last September
and Nature's repeat
performance of this past April, rivers
and streams have once again
been severely affected leaving
miles of banks ripped, stripped
and in many cases, unrecognizable
from what they were prior to
these events. In
addition, it has caused many
established stands of Japanese
knotweed to be loosened from
their established areas only
to be carried downstream further
spreading it to
areas previously unaffected. The
good news is that those areas
that have been infected with
newly established growths, and
it is strongly advised that
those with land abutting potentially
affected areas carefully check
them out, it will be easier
to eradicate and control due
to the fact that their root
systems will
not yet be fully mature and
widely spread. The
earlier they are dealt with,
the easier it is to control
and prevent further spreading.
Several
weekends ago, there was a workshop
and demonstration given by Ms.
Jamie Myers, a ranger for the
National Park Service attached
to the Upper Delaware Scenic
and Recreational River section
( www.nps.gov/upde )and
held at Renaissance Park in
Livingston Manor where there
is an ongoing knotweed eradication
project headed by Lisa Lyons.
Jamie
has been most helpful and has
passed on to me, a number of
attachments herewith that
will be most helpful in understanding
what Japanese knotweed is and
what can be done to deal with
it.
Steve
Levine
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