Tag Archives: Japanese knotweed

Update on Madison’s Effort to Control Japanese Knotweed Along SW Bike Path

Posted on May 13, 2016 by Steve Glass

City Making Progress on Controlling Japanese Knotweed An inspection this spring (2016) showed that last fall’s (2015) herbicide application to the knotweed infestation resulted in a reduction in the number of knotweed stems and a reduction in the total area … Continue reading →

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Madison Tackles Japanese Knotweed Along SW Bike Path

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Steve Glass

City Initiates Multi-Year Effort to Eradicate the Pest Plant In August of this year, contractors hired by the City of Madison Engineering division, began a concerted effort to contain two large, well-established Japanese knotweed patches along the SW Bike Path. … Continue reading →

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Process to Eradicate Japanese Knotweed Along SW Bike Path Continues

Posted on August 19, 2015 by Steve Glass

City of Madison Engineering Announces Management Plans to Continue Multi-Year Control Effort The City of Madison Engineering Division has announced vegetation management plans for this fall that will follow-up on work done the earlier two years to contain, and eventually … Continue reading →

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Glenway Prairie Work Party This Saturday (8.18.12)

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Steve Glass

Sandy Stark, DMNA Path Committee Chair sends this reminder and call for volunteers: “Hello, vacationers and gardeners and volunteers.” “This coming Saturday, from 9:30-11:30, drop by to help dig out or clip burdock, hedge parsley, thistle, ragweed around our Glenway/Path … Continue reading →

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City to Continue Weed Control on SW Bike Path

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Steve Glass

City Engineer Robert Phillips, P.E. announced yesterday that City (of Madison) Engineering will fund a second year of work to contain, and eventually eradicate,  Japanese knotweed from areas bordering the SW Bike Path.  (See earlier blog post on the status … Continue reading →

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Restoration Goals for Novel Ecosystems?

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Steve Glass

A novel, or emerging ecosystem, is one without an analog in the natural environment that develops in response to radically altered environmental conditions caused by social, economic, or cultural activities.   Novel ecosystems include those with urban soil contaminated by … Continue reading →

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Japanese knotweed is on the move . . .

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Steve Glass

to the edge of residential backyards along the SW Bike Path. A well-established population of Japanese knotweed has been spreading along the north side of the SW Bike Path for several years, now it has jumped (on gone under) that … Continue reading →

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