Items
of Interest:
Support
the Vermont Voluntary Code of Conduct
Vermont
Nature Conservancy.
Green Works.
The Voluntary Code is a project of
Green Works, the Vermont
Chapter of The Nature Conservancy, and
the Vermont
Invasive Exotic Plant Committee (VIEPC).
The Code is a way for horticultural industry
professionals to take a pledge to cease the
sale and use of invasive terrestrial plants,
including Japanese barberry, Norway maple,
Burning bush, Yellow iris and Amur maple,
including all cultivars of these species.
At the same time this initiative has been
launched, VIEPC has submitted the necessary
paperwork to add the aforementioned species
to Vermont's
Quarantine Rule. If the Department of Agriculture
approves the addition of these species, nurseries
will be given three years to phase out stock
of these species.
Forest
Pest & Invasive Plant Survey & Education
in Campgrounds (May 26, 2010)
Vermont Agency
of Natural Resources.
During this summer, Vermont
state and federal officials will be participating
in a forest pest and invasive plant survey
and education effort in public campgrounds.
The group will be surveying Federal and State
campgrounds and recreation areas in Vermont
for signs of the emerald
ash borer, Asian
long- horned beetle, hemlock
woolly adelgid and non native invasive
plants. Park Interpreters will also be conducting
outreach activities and programs on both
state parks and the Green Mountain National
Forest.
Leahy
Secures Funds for Lake Champlain to Counter
Nuisance and Invasive Species (Apr
14, 2010)
Senator Patrick Leahy (Vermont).
Senator Patrick
Leahy has secured $711, 000 to counter invasive
and nuisance plant and animal species that
have made inroads in Lake Champlain's
ecosystem. This includes new funds for continued sea
lamprey control work, cormorant research
and management, and water
chestnut control.
Out-of-State Firewood
Alert
Vermont Department of Agriculture. Division
of Agricultural Resource Managment and
Environmental Stewardship.
Keep destructive invasive pests of out
Vermont!
As far as we know, none of these pests have found their way to Vermont yet,
although the Emerald Ash Borer and Asian
Long Horned beetle are less than one day's
drive away.
|
