Category: Invasives Removal
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Callery Pear – a bad, bad plant in bloom right now
- Author: Ellen Jacquart
- April 19, 2013
- Categories: Invasives Removal, Landscaping
I’ve seen a lot of plant invasions, but I have NEVER seen anything like what I saw in northern Martin County this week. A beautiful forest with nothing but callery pear seedlings in the understory. ’Sounds bad’, you say, ‘but I don’t know what callery pear is and probably don’t have it in my neighborhood.’…
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Invasives Removal at Marott Nature Preserve May 1
- Author: Tom Hohman
- March 18, 2013
- Categories: Invasives Removal
Central Chapter’s Invasives Swat Team is planning a volunteer day to remove garlic mustard at Marott Nature Preserve, a natural area owned by Indy Parks. Volunteers will meet at the parking lot on College Ave. on Wednesday, May 1, at 5:00 p.m., and work until about 8:00. Anyone who can’t make it by 5:00 is…
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Invasives Removal at Holliday Park April 14
- Author: Tom Hohman
- March 18, 2013
- Categories: Invasives Removal
Central Chapter’s Invasives Swat Team is planning a volunteer day to remove invasives at Holliday Park in Indianapolis. Volunteers will meet at the nature center on Sunday, April 14 at 9:00 a.m., and work until about noon. This will be a followup to work that was done last year, in a continuing effort to rid…
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Invasives Removal Near Connersville April 20
- Author: Tom Hohman
- February 13, 2013
- Categories: Chapter News & Events, Invasives Removal
Want to get some outdoor exercise and have an opportunity for some hiking at the same time? Join Central Chapter Invasive SWAT Team and the Indiana Audubon Society on April 20 at the Mary Gray Bird Sanctuary near Connersville. We will be removing garlic mustard, oriental bittersweet, and whatever other non-native, invasive plants are encountered. …
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Controlling Invasive Plants On Your Land? Tell Us More!
- Author: Ellen Jacquart
- January 25, 2013
- Categories: Invasives Removal, Uncategorized
The Invasive Plant Advisory Committee of the Indiana Invasive Species Council would like your help in estimating the amount of time and money being spent on invasive plant management in Indiana. A survey sent out five years ago resulted in an estimate of $4.5 million, with $2 million of that focused on terrestrial invasive plants. …
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An Appeal to Fund Invasive Species Research
- Author: Wendy Ford
- November 21, 2012
- Categories: Conservation, Grant Opportunities, Invasives Removal, Uncategorized
This appeal comes to us by way of Ellen Jacquart from Lauren Smith, PhD Candidate, Reynolds Lab, Department of Biology, Indiana University Do you want to contribute to the progress of invasive species research? I’m a PhD candidate at Indiana University in Bloomington, and I’m studying plant invasion ecology. In particular, I’m studying the high-impact invader garlic mustard, and…
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Invasives Removal at Marott Nature Preserve
- Author: Tom Hohman
- October 29, 2012
- Categories: Chapter News & Events, Conservation, Invasives Removal, Upcoming Events, Volunteer Opportunities
Central Chapter’s Invasives Swat Team is planning a volunteer day to remove honeysuckle and other invasives at Marott Nature Preserve, a natural area owned by Indy Parks. Volunteers will meet at the parking lot on E. 75 th St. on Saturday, Nov. 10, at 10:00 a.m., and work until about 1:00. It’s a great opportunity to get…
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WC-INPAWS Announces Fall RIP Squad Workdays
- Author: Wendy Ford
- September 13, 2012
- Categories: Chapter News & Events, Invasives Removal
West Central Chapter of INPAWS has organized the RIP (Remove Invasive Plants) Squad to help protect our native plants. Fall workdays will focus on bush honeysuckle removal. TUESDAYS 3-5pm ~ OCT 2nd – NOV 13th Bring loppers and gloves and dress for poison ivy! Please call a workday contact person about “iffy” weather and to confirm the meeting place. WEST…
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Invasives Removal at Cold Spring School
- Author: Tom Hohman
- August 28, 2012
- Categories: Chapter News & Events, Invasives Removal, Volunteer Opportunities
Central Chapter’s Invasives Swat Team is planning a volunteer day to remove invasives at Cold Spring School, the environmental magnet of Indianapolis Public Schools. Volunteers will meet at Cold Spring School on Saturday, Sept. 22, at 9:00, and work until about 12:00. This is a follow-up to invasives removal work done on the property by other groups…
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Invasives removal at Glick Nature Preserve
- Author: Tom Hohman
- August 28, 2012
- Categories: Invasives Removal, Upcoming Events, Volunteer Opportunities
Central Chapter’s Invasives Swat Team is planning a volunteer day to remove invasives at the Gene B. Glick Nature Preserve in northeast Indianapolis. Volunteers will meet at the Glick NP on Sept. 6 at 9:00, and work until about 12:00. This will be a combined effort with volunteers from the Central Indiana Land Trust (owners…