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Native Plants and Sustainable Habitats
Quote from DMcCreary on June 18, 2024, 2:59 pmHello,
I'm a member of the Towamencin EAC. We are looking for sustainable ways to manage invasive species in our township's open spaces, and are considering a program in which volunteers can register with the township, and after receiving training on identification and best practices, remove invasive species found on township property. Do any of you currently have a program like this? If possible, we'd like to learn from your experience rather than reinvent the wheel.
Thanks,
Dave McCreary
Hello,
I'm a member of the Towamencin EAC. We are looking for sustainable ways to manage invasive species in our township's open spaces, and are considering a program in which volunteers can register with the township, and after receiving training on identification and best practices, remove invasive species found on township property. Do any of you currently have a program like this? If possible, we'd like to learn from your experience rather than reinvent the wheel.
Thanks,
Dave McCreary
Quote from Carol Grayshaw on July 12, 2024, 2:35 pmBird Town Pennsylvania Shares Efforts to Curb Pesticide Spray Drift
-Taken from the Bird Town Flyer, July 12
Julie Smith is a Media Borough resident and a Bird Town and Xerces Bee City committee member, a Shade Tree Commission member, runs the Media Tree Tenders group, coordinates Media’s annual EcoFest, and coordinates the Green Wagon Project (a grass roots initiative making pesticide-free and herbicide-free native plants and educational material accessible to the entire community and beyond through Transition Town Greater Media). She has been a lifelong lover of the natural world and saw the hope of planting natives in her own backyard, only to see it destroyed by a commercial business’s mosquito spray drift. Before the spray, she and her children used to be able to watch the magic of the monarchs' lifecycle. She never would have known what steps to take unless she read about it, so she is sharing to hopefully help more people. The more awareness, education, and inspiration we can all create, the sooner the pesticide overuse can stop. Read more about her story and efforts to engage her community.
Bird Town Pennsylvania Shares Efforts to Curb Pesticide Spray Drift
-Taken from the Bird Town Flyer, July 12
Julie Smith is a Media Borough resident and a Bird Town and Xerces Bee City committee member, a Shade Tree Commission member, runs the Media Tree Tenders group, coordinates Media’s annual EcoFest, and coordinates the Green Wagon Project (a grass roots initiative making pesticide-free and herbicide-free native plants and educational material accessible to the entire community and beyond through Transition Town Greater Media). She has been a lifelong lover of the natural world and saw the hope of planting natives in her own backyard, only to see it destroyed by a commercial business’s mosquito spray drift. Before the spray, she and her children used to be able to watch the magic of the monarchs' lifecycle. She never would have known what steps to take unless she read about it, so she is sharing to hopefully help more people. The more awareness, education, and inspiration we can all create, the sooner the pesticide overuse can stop. Read more about her story and efforts to engage her community.