Restoration planned in Egg Harbor Township

[dogg57]

The land being restored includes 45 acres of wetland and 35 acres of uplands, including five acres at the existing Arboretum off School House Road in the Scullville section of the township.
That work includes stabilizing the banks of the lake; planting over 500 native shrubs and trees; and — in a move that has stirred controversy from some residents — removing invasive plants that have overtaken some areas of the parcel.
Kim Johnstoncq, chair of the township’s Environmental Commission, said the proposed destruction of the invasive “mugwort” weed with herbicide is troubling, citing the adjacent lake and
groundwater-fed wells.
Egg Harbor Township has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to restore part of a former soil-mining operation that may become a municipal park.
Under the agreement, the FWS would restore about 80 acres of the 250-acre site as a natural wildlife habitat at no direct cost to the township. The entire area has been the subject of discussions about the creation of a passive-recreation park with walking trails.

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/...cle_d03fd214-0b29-11e2-b0b3-0019bb2963f4.html

 

[manumuskin]

I know a really awesome Kudzu patch in Arkansas I drove through last year they could work on!

 

[pineywoman]

Thanks Dogg. You ALWAYS bring us awesome info!! We have a lot of invasive species here in NJ. Especially with it getting a bit warmer. IE...chiggers...they never were a problem, but have transported their way up. Also, lots of invasive Chinese and European plant varieties.

 

[manumuskin]

chiggers have always been a problem far as I know??? I've been getting regular doses of them since the early 70's anyway,

 

[pineywoman]

Haha chiggers again? I have read they are not a native species here and are native to the south. They have since moved up here due to the consistent warm winters. However, I am not Einstein.

 

[Boyd]

I still remember my first chigger encounter as a child of maybe 5. We had stopped at a roadside picnic area on the way to visit my Grandmother in Southern Illinois. As a wild little boy, I went running off into the weeds. My parents knew better and kept trying to stop me but of course I ignored them. A few hours later I was miserable and howling from all the bites. I learned the hard way that sometimes, Mom and Dad actually did know a few things that I didn't.