Coordinating, educating, and promoting stewardship for the benefit and enhancement of the Batten Kill watershed in New York and Vermont.
| Invasive Plant Control - Japanese Knotweed - 2005 | ||
On Saturday, July 30, 2005, fourteen members of the Clearwater and Adirondack Chapters of Trout Unlimited, the Batten Kill Watershed Alliance, the Nature Conservancy, and conservation agencies, participated in a project to control Japanese Knotweed along the Batten Kill River in Manchester VT. Under the leadership of Steven Flint, Invasive Species Specialist at the Adirondack (NY) Nature Conservancy, and Shelly Stiles, Director of the Bennington County (VT) Conservation District, volunteers cut and treated several colonies of Knotweed and removed about 10 full bags of cuttings. Knotweed can spread from small pieces of stem and even leaves, as well as roots and seeds. It replaces native species along river banks and is more easily torn out during high water, creating unstable banks and loss of land. |
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| Steve Flint giving instructions | The volunteers | Bagging cut stalks |
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To learn more about Japanese Knotweed, its adverse affects upon riparian corridors, and its control, follow the links below: |
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