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Our big new project:
"Invasive plants inventory and control in Sylvania and Perimeter Area"
We are excited to announce that the Friends of Sylvania have received a 3-year Title II grant from the USDA Forest Service to assist the Ottawa National Forest (ONF) in their invasive plant monitoring and control work in Sylvania and Perimeter Area.
Specifically, the project goals and objectives are:
- to assist the ONF in their persistent thistle problem (European swamp, Canada, and bull thistles)
- to conduct an invasive plant survey and, if possible, remove any plants found (with emphasis on invasives known to be growing and spreading in Sylvania: garlic mustard, Japanese barberry, European swamp thistle, Canada thistle, bull thistle, spotted knapweed)
- to provide hands-on conservation education to the general public and student interns on invasive plant threats and solutions
- to minimize invasive seed sources that may be transferred into the Sylvania Wilderness by continuing the work on invasive plants in the Sylvania Recreational Area that we begain in 2010
The grant permits us to hire 2-3 part-time interns for the three summers 2011, 2012, and 2013, and to buy some equipment and supplies. The project coordinator, project assistant, and all other personel providing assistance are volunteering their time.
Please visit our blog to see details about the work in progress.