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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Native Plant Conservation Campaign News: Groundbreaking new law requires native plants for roadside landscaping<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>May 23, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Thanks to <a href="http://www.senatenj.com/index.php/wolfe/now-law-holzapfelwolfemcguckin-bill-requiring-use-of-native-plants-for-roadside-planting/32763">a trailblazing new law</a>, thousands of miles of New Jersey roadsides have the potential to be transformed into “Jersey-fresh gardens”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>This month, the state government adopted <a href="http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S0500/227_I1.PDF">a bill</a> that requires the Department of Transportation and other authorities to only use native plants to landscape roadways. The rule applies to any projects that break ground in and after late October.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>The law is a response to failed revegetation following Hurricane Sandy. The non-native plants that were used required expensive care and eventually died. Subsequently, the state reviewed the accumulating evidence that <a href="https://www.extension.umn.edu/garden/yard-garden/landscaping/native-plants-for-sustainable-landscapes/">restoration of native plant communities</a>, particularly along waterways and coasts, provides <a href="http://plantsocieties.cnps.org/index.php/ecoss-main/overview">valuable ecosystem services</a>, including pollution control, water conservation, wildlife habitat and storm protection.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>In addition, new research found that, where they existed, native coastal wetlands <a href="http://news.ucsc.edu/2016/10/coastal-wetlands.html">prevented more than $600 million</a> in damage to Northeastern communities during Sandy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Get more information at <a href="http://www.savebarnegatbay.org/first-in-nation-native-plant-bill-becomes-law/">Save Barnegat Bay</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Learn more about <a href="http://plantsocieties.cnps.org/index.php/ecoss-main/overview">Ecosystem Services on the NPCC Website</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>See and share the <a href="http://plantsocieties.cnps.org/images/EcoServePhotoTable4.16.pdf">NPCC Ecosystem Services Photo Factsheet</a>!<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><img border=0 width=1 height=1 style='width:.0119in;height:.0119in' id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image001.gif@01D47C13.1E6315E0" alt="https://ymlp.com/assets/spacer.gif"></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=210 style='width:157.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="https://www.ymlp.com/"><span style='color:#ADB1B4'>Powered by YMLP.com</span></a> </span><a href="https://www.ymlp.com/"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue;position:relative;top:6.0pt;mso-text-raise:-6.0pt;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=1 height=1 style='width:.0119in;height:.0119in' id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image001.gif@01D47C13.1E6315E0" alt="https://ymlp.com/assets/spacer.gif"></span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=30 style='width:22.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><img border=0 width=1 height=1 style='width:.0119in;height:.0119in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.gif@01D47C13.1E6315E0" alt="https://ymlp.com/assets/spacer.gif"></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:12.85pt'><td colspan=3 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:12.85pt'></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Native Plant Conservation Campaign News: </span><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:green'>Update on pro-native plant laws and ordinances. There are more than we thought!</span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:green'>Your community can adopt one too! </span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>October 19, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>On October 9, the Pennsylvania Township of West Norriton adopted the latest local <a href="https://www.westnorritontwp.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Item/302?fileID=390">ordinance</a> in support of the use of native plants in all Township landscaping.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>West Norriton joins several other municipalities (at least three in Pennsylvania alone!) - and the state of New Jersey - in enacting requirements to encourage use of locally adapted native plants in development, parks and or landscaping. Most of these ordinances were adopted in order to reduce water, pesticide and fertilizer use in local landscaping:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>In 2017, the state of New Jersey adopted requirements that state transportation agencies use only native plants in landscaping and other plantings. The law was developed in order to reduce fertilizer and other chemical use and pollution from roadside revegetation following Hurricane Sandy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Read a <a href="https://www.savebarnegatbay.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Press-Release.pdf">press release</a> about the rationale behind and development of the law.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Read the <a href="https://www.senatenj.com/index.php/wolfe/now-law-holzapfelwolfemcguckin-bill-requiring-use-of-native-plants-for-roadside-planting/32763">sponsors statement</a> about the New Jersey law<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Read <a href="https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/PL17/41_.PDF">the text of the NJ law</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Since 2014, Palm Beach County , Florida has had a <a href="http://discover.pbcgov.org/erm/Pages/Native-Canopy.aspx">program</a> to encourage restoration and expansion of Florida native plant canopy. The county also provides technical assistance and free native plants to county residents.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>In 2010, the City of Lake Worth, Florida adopted a landscaping code which calls for native, drought-hardy plants that save money, add value and follow other “<a href="http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0300-0399/0373/Sections/0373.185.html">Florida-friendly</a>” landscaping practices.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Read a <a href="https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/lake-worth-new-landscaping-code-calls-for-native-drought-hardy-plants-that-save-money-add-value/llR55zj8lyEQjP3b9erQAN/">newspaper report on the code</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>In 2007, the township of Lower Makefield, Pennsylvania adopted an <a href="http://pa.audubon.org/sites/g/files/amh821/f/static_pages/attachments/native-plant-ordinance-final-2017.pdf">ordinance</a> encouraging the use of native plants in subdivisions and other land development.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>This ordinance was later adopted by nearby Schuylkill Township, also in Pennsylvania.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>The Lower Makefield ordinance directs in part, that “[a]ll major subdivisions and land development plans shall contain a Landscape Plan approved before construction and as part of the subdivision/land development approval process which shall address the conservation of the natural landscape to enhance the development and to protect surrounding areas. All required plants shall be Native Plants. The basic goal is to preserve the native flora by mimicking the localized native plant community.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Read the Lower Makefield <a href="http://pa.audubon.org/sites/g/files/amh821/f/static_pages/attachments/native-plant-ordinance-final-2017.pdf">ordinance</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>View a <a href="https://plantsocieties.cnps.org/images/LowerMakefieldTownship-NativePlantOrdinance.pdf">PowerPoint presentation (pdf) on the Lower Makefield native plant ordinance</a> and its development<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Read the <a href="https://ecode360.com/13603489">Schuylkill ordinance</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>NOTE: <a href="https://plantsocieties.cnps.org/index.php/initiatives-main/u-s-plant-initiatives#SeedStrategy">2015 National Seed Strategy</a> initiated a similar initiative for federal land management agencies. The U.S. became the first nation on earth to adopt a policy to encourage the use of locally adapted, locally appropriate native plant species in federal land management. See the <a href="http://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/NSS%20Half%20Sheet%20_%202016.pdf">Fact Sheet on the Seed Strategy</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Although such laws are still uncommon, clearly more communities are adopting them. If you know of a pro-native plant ordinance in your state or local area, <a href="mailto:emilyr@plantsocieties.org?subject=native%20plant%20ordinance">please let the NPCC know.</a></span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='margin-left:5.4pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=85 valign=top style='width:63.9pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f">
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