Vermont Invasive Exotic Plant Committee
Announcements:
Is Japanese knotweed out of control on your property or have
you seen it move into your neighborhood? It looks a lot like
bamboo and grows along the roadsides, ditches and stream banks.
Learn how and why to control this invasive species and appropriate
replacement plants for buffers."
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Japanese Knotweed Control” Workshop for landowners
Location: USACE North Springfield Lake
Upper Connecticut River Basin
1678 Reservoir Road Perkinsville , VT 05151
Date : Saturday August 23, 2008 10am to Noon
Cost: FREE and Open to the public
Wise on Weeds! workshops
Sugar maples, American beech and yellow birch are the trees
you'd expect to encounter during a walk in the woods. Unfortunately,
some plants people commonly plant outside their homes and
businesses are compromising our forests and threatening
to push out native species. If you are a gardener thinking
about what shrubs you 'd like to take out or plant this
fall, or if you a landowner concerned by the growing presence
of invasive species, this workshop is for you. Learn how
to identify invasive species, how they spread, how to get
rid of them, and why they are a threat to native species
in Vermont.
Saturday, July 26, Londonderry, Vermont. 9:30 - noon.
Sponsored by the Londonderry Conservation Commission.
Email conservation@londonderryvt.org
for more information.
Saturday, August 2, Thetford, Vermont. 9 am - noon.
Sponsored by VT Coverts and Audubon Vermont.
Call 802-434-3068 for more information.
Saturday, August 9, 9 am – 3 pm, at The Old Stone
Schoolhouse, Georgia, VT.
Sponsored by the Vermont Sugarmaker's Association, 9 am
- 3 pm.
For more information or to register, email timothy.wilmot@uvm.edu
Monday, August 11, Barre, Vermont. 6:30 pm at the Aldrich
Library.
Sponsored by the Granite City Garden Club.
Saturday, August 30, Springfield Vermont.
sponsored by the Ottaqueechee Natural Resource Conservation
District.
Call 802-295-7942 x11 or email Linda.Schneider@nt.nacdnet.net
for more information.
Thursday, September 11, 5 pm - 7 pm. Hunger Mountain
Coop, Montpelier, Vermont.
Contact the coop at 223-8000 to register.
Saturday, October 4. Come see Wise on Weeds! at the
Dead Creek Wildlife Days in Addison!
Thursday, October 9, 12 pm. Ludlow.
Sponsored by the Ludlow Garden Club.
Email jandnhunt@comcast.net
for more information.
Saturday, October 11, 9:30 - noon. Norwich at the Montshire
Museum.
To register, call 649-3637.
OUR GOALS:
To provide coordination and guidance on invasive exotic
plant issues so as to protect natural communities, native
species, agricultural and forestry interests, and human
use and enjoyment of Vermont's natural resources by:
Promoting cooperative efforts to address invasive exotic
plant issues
Educating the public, special interest groups and policy
makers about invasive exotic plants
Compiling information on invasive exotic plants and facilitating
access to the information
Making recommendations to the Vermont Department of Agriculture,
Food & Markets on invasive species for consideration
to the Quarantine Rule
Developing a list of alternative plants that can be used
in place of invasive exotics
Developing and maintaining a state "watch" list of invasive
exotic plants.
WHO WE ARE:
The Vermont Invasive Exotic Plant Committee is comprised
of representatives from state and federal government, non-profit
organizations, private industry, and concerned individuals.
The Committee meets semi-annually to assemble and disseminate
information about invasive exotic plants. If you are interested
in participating in VIEPC, please Contact
Us.
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