Tag: environmental science
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Grand River Conservation effort targets phragmites- invasive reeds via Roundup
Portions of the Snyder’s Flats Conservation Area will be closed to the public during the week of Sept. 29 while a herbicide is used to control an outbreak of phragmites, an invasive plant species. Signs will be posted in the parking lot at the entrance to the property on Snyder’s Flats Road near Bloomingdale. The…
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Watershed Forests Returning On Former Farmer Fields
New forests are rising on old farm fields in Mapleton Township in an effort to improve water quality in streams feeding Conestogo Lake reservoir. About 70,000 trees are being planted this year and next on two parcels of land totalling 40 hectares (100 acres) on the north side of the reservoir. The GRCA is planting a…