[APWG] EVENT: No Ivy Day on May 7, 2005 (Portland, OR and other sites)

[Plant Conservation]

> From: No Ivy League <noivyleague at attglobal.net>
> Date: Friday, January 7, 2005 11:27 AM
>
> NO Ivy Day (Portland, OR and other sites)
> May 7th, 2005
> A de-vine time to save our trees!
>
> English ivy is a green, viney villain holding our trees hostage! On May 7th,
> 2005, between 9 A.M. and 12 P.M. community members will rise up against this
> public menace and fight back to restore habitat health!
>
> Hedera helix, the ivy species originally used for landscaping, is infesting
> more than 25,000 acres of parks and natural spaces in the metro region and
> nearby areas.  When left unchecked, ivy shrouds trees causing their
> premature death and the loss of forest canopy.  Ivy¹s biological bullying
> will backfire on No Ivy Day when Ivy Busters strike a blow in the name of
> biodiversity.  Now in its third year, No Ivy Day has made great strides
> involving the community in habitat reclamation. In its first year alone over
> 3,300 trees were freed from ivy.   In 2004, 900 Ivy Busters crashed ivy's
> party on a total of 63 different sites around the region.  Having heard of
> our phenomenal success, people from the east coast and British Columbia will
> transform No Ivy Day 2005 into a bicoastal, international punch-out leaving
> ivy¹s mat down for the count! The Portland metro area will compete against
> all other combined sites to free the most trees.  In the end, our trees will
> win!
>
> Join the fight on NO Ivy Day to stop this threat to our natural beauty and
> environmental quality. Together we are pulling for the future!
>
> For more information on the work party site closest to you:
> www.NoIvyLeague.com
>
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