Longfellow Creek

Humans are faced with the issues caused by invasive species and must make a decision. What should we do? Should we step in and rid the ecosystems of these harmful species? Or should we let nature solve its own problem? I believe humans must take action in stopping these invasive plants from destroying ecosystems, attracting more invasive animals, and harming the native wildlife.

Restoration planning identified the rehabilitation of the floodplain functions that foster recruitment of riparian vegetation and the quality of riparian habitat. Fall-run Chinook salmon is an important management species in the Merced River, and numerous state and federal resource programs include increasing its abundance in their goals. The vision has been to enhance channel, floodplain and riparian ecosystem processes and critical habitats for juvenile and adult salmonids, in coordination with local communities and stakeholders, to promote the recovery of healthy and diverse Chinook salmon and steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) populations in the Merced River, while helping to meet the abundance goals of the Anadromous Fish Restoration Program.

Removing the invasive weeds allow native plants to be planted and grow healthily. There are also many benefits to planting native plants. Native plants can help with biodiversity as they can help provide habitats that is needed for the wildlife to thrive. The native plants can provide the needs and resources, such as protection and nutrients to the wildlife. Planting native plants can also prevent any further introduction of invasive plants in the area. Besides that, native plants require very little maintenance. They require small amount of care when grown on appropriate soil under the right environmental conditions and can help reduce the use of pesticides and water (Why Native Plants Matter). Planting native plants will also help slow climate change as it grow and absorb the carbon in the atmosphere and provide oxygen supply (Benefits of Going

Native plants are those that occur naturally in a region in which they evolved. Since native plants are already adapted to their region’s conditions they are more durable. “Native plants are hardy because they have adapted to the local conditions” (“Benefits of Using Native Plants”). They are also the ecological basis upon which life depends, including birds and people. Without them, local birds cannot survive. “Native organisms including plants, mammals, birds, amphibians, and insects create an intricate web of life. This is a wonderful natural orchestration with each species’ life cycle highly dependent on the others” (“IMPORTANCE OF NATIVE PLANTS”). The benefits of native plants are vast. Native plants generally require little maintenance. They can help combat climate change by filtering air pollution especially by trees. Since they are already adapted to their local environmental conditions, they require far less water. Also tress and other native vegetation will capture and slow storm water runoff. They provide vital habit for birds and many other species of life can benefit as well. In addition to this native plants provide shelter for many mammals and nectar for pollinators. The native fruits, nuts, and seeds produced by these plants offer essential foods for all forms of wildlife too. Finally, native plants offer beauty unique to their region which is vital for Seattle’s

Dr. John visited Norfolk State University on behalf of the Department of Ecology at the University of Georgia. He came to share information about invasive plants and the ecological research that he and others have conducted on it; his talk was entitled “Computational Botany for Invasive Species Decision Support, Risk Analysis, and Policy.”

Biodiversity is the variety of line in a particular area Threats to biodiversity ranked second to habitat destruction, in particular forest clearing, because the invasive species caused more damage than pollutants. Around half of the native species in Untied States are endangered because of invasive species. We should restrict the introduction of species, because we should stop increasing the loss of biodiversity. We can take this into action by creating an effective mechanism to prevent their introduction in the first

On 27th July 2013, I embark on my second volunteer service project with EarthCorps to help with the restoration of the forested parklands at Camp Long. The scope of work during this service project was similar to the one that I did at the West Duwamish Greenbelt, which is primarily to remove the invasive species of Himalayan Blackberry.

There are short-term and long-term plans for clearing alien invasive plants. When seed banks of AIP’s are present, the restoration potential is low and the impact on the environment is high. The Garden Route’s fynbos biome is most affected by the AIP’s.

The devastating effects of rangeland invasive plants have influencedeffect many natural resources, as well as humans lives, without them knowing about it. The impacts of the invasion vary from place to place. “Invasive plant species have numerous effects on the ecosystem goods and services provided by rangelands” (“Basics of Invasive Species”). The resources that are gathered from rangelands are affectedeffected by the invasive plant species, all of those effects become one great issue that humans need to try and solve. Livestock is one of the major factors that are impacted by the introduction of invasive plants. These unwanted plants “impact grazing lands by lowering yield and quality of forage for livestock, impeding access to desirable forage, poisoning animals, increasing costs of managing and producing livestock, and reducing grazing land value” (Techline News). All of these impacts are the part of a larger ecological impact that can kill livestock, and other plants and animals living in that area. All of these ecological issues create a big enough picture to see what is really going on when one plant invades, the invasions hurt the environment and ecosystem.

Many are unaware of where invasive species originate from and what exactly is their motive. Approximately 200 years ago, invasive species were introduced to the United States in many forms such as plants, animals, and aquatic organisms (Armantrout 199-201). They are described as an alienated organism which could potentially cause harm to an environment or to one’s personal health. Invasive species have grown exponentially in different environments and research has shown that an invasive plant species has grown so large that it is equivalent to the size of Delaware, with plant invasion being as large as 100 acres. Invasive species could have negative effects, causing population declines or even more harmful consequences such as the extinction of a certain species (Lowe S. 3). Furthermore, invasive species should be eliminated due to the unbeneficial outcomes they have created thus far by creating stricter rules to eliminate unintentional outbreak cases of invasive species.

Invasive species are considered one of the major causes of biodiversity loss, second only to habitat loss (Heneghan et al 2006), and some invasive species have the ability to

There are many ways that a species may become introduced into a new ecosystem. Human activity has long played a role in the translocation of many types of plants and animals. Throughout time humans have transported species across land, sea, and sky for recreational purposes, medicinal purposes, and aesthetic purposes. Though the human species is largely responsible for species translocation, we are not the only cause. Abiotic forces like the wind and sea play a large role in transporting various organisms and seeds to new and far lands. Not all introduced species are bad and some have proven to be quite beneficial to new ecosystems. Though there are beneficial introduced species, more tend to hurt existing ecosystems rather than help it. “When introduced species exploit a specific species trait or fill a vacant niche in an

The City’s most active creek restoration site is Lower Colgan Creek Phase 1, which Sean McNeil had taught me to care for by leading public events, monitoring vegetation succession, and preforming on-site watering and maintenance. During the summer of 2017, I served as the lead for operating a water trailer and distributing water to juvenile restoration plants at the Colgan Creek restoration reach. Since learning about the native, ecological, and historic context of the Colgan Creek restoration reach, I’ve been able to share this knowledge with SAC, SCYEC, other interns and co-workers, and volunteers at every opportunity while cultivating the Colgan Creek restoration area on a minimum of a weekly basis.

Another great conservation challenge of urban growth is that it replaces the native species that are lost with widespread “weedy” nonnative species that are in most cases not useful. This replacement makes the process of biotic homogenization that threatens to reduce the biological uniqueness of local ecosystems (Blair 2001).

This case describes the growth of a medium-sized New Zealand winery – Coopers Creek. It is concerned with the changing collaborative arrangements employed by Coopers Creek to service domestic and international markets since its inception. These changes are set against the background of a small, rapidly internationalising industry within a global market environment. Readers are encouraged to analyse Coopers Creek’s value chain configuration over time in the context of the changing value system/network in order to consider future strategic options.