managing stiltgrass and different invasives, with angela sirois-pitel
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I F YOU THINK that managing invasive vegetation in a backyard is a problem, think about that on a bigger scale—a a lot bigger scale, like Angela Sirois-Pitel faces within the title of supporting native habitat on Nature Conservancy land. From barberries and multiflora rose bushes to the nasty annual grass known as stiltgrass (above), Angela and her group have confronted all of them. Angela is a conservation biologist who serves as stewardship supervisor for The Nature Conservancy within the Southern Berkshires of Massachusetts . Her function there ranges from tackling invasive species, to serving to save endangered bathroom turtles. She talked about how she prioritizes what to work on, and the way she seems to be for clues to methods to handle these undesirable vegetation—clues of their biology, maybe. We mentioned the laborious alternative whether or not to make use of chemical controls, and when it's made and the way, and we talked...
