Two weeks ago we told you about how clever snakehead fish have become, and how you MUST shoot them on site, no questions asked. It seems we overlooked another culprit….INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES! (queue screaming mothers and mayhem in the downtown mall). I know, this definitely sounds like something out of a Tom Cruise movie. Fear not, we have our own savior…
The Americorps NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps) is working with the City of Charlottesville’s Parks and Recreation Department from March 10th to April 18th on cville’s new initiative to “manage invasive species on our publicly owned lands”. The press release mentioned something about protecting the canopy in cville.
Negative impacts include: unhealthy riparian buffers and the effect on water quality, loss of forest canopy/trees, and loss of the regenerative potential of the forest floor due to dense infestations that block sunlight.
So while this isn’t as exciting as say, blowing away a snakehead fish Terminator 2 style (hasta la vista baby), you might possibly be given flamethrowers to coax the invasive species to get the fu*k out of dodge. The only problem is flamethrowers are really expensive. If you want join in on this S&M action, please call 970-3585 or email parkvolunteers@charlottesville.org.
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Leave nature alone- humans are the invasive species!
Isn’t the solution always adding more invasive species to eat away the current ones?
Everyone join- we need to keep anal fins out of our fair city.