Death to the Invader

Started the day early with a trusted consultant touring The Platz and noting the geolocation of patches of non-native woody invasives - namely buckthorn and honeysuckle.

The good news is that the bad shrubs are not widely distributed and largely concentrated in locations where they can be dealt-with by hand and spot treatment.

You might be wondering why anyone would hire someone to do something they could perform on their own and the answer is two-fold. 

First, most of the locations are wetland, seasonally wet, or stream bank.  It is sensitive and home to a terrestrial-aquatic inhabitant: the Blanding's Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii).  While not threatened or endangered this turtle is listed as a Species of Special Concern.  As a consequence licensed applicators should perform this job.

The second reason is we can afford it.

They don't know it yet but today the invaders received a death sentence today.

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