[RWG] [APWG] Swann Park Maryland, qualify for 99% club?+Mustard in desert

[Karen Blumer]

We have 50,000 acres in Long Island pine barrens, 99.9% weed-free.  
There's a start, from Marc to LI., 50,200 acres.
Karen



On Oct 13, 2011, at 7:23 PM, Marc Imlay wrote:

>  Swann Park is 200 acres. It is better than 95% weed free.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craig Dremann - Redwood City Seed Company [mailto:Craig at astreet.com 
> ]
> Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 11:41 AM
> To: ialm at erols.com; apwg at lists.plantconservation.org
> Cc: craig at astreet.com; rwg at lists.plantconservation.org
> Subject: Swann Park Maryland, qualify for 99% club?+Mustard in desert
>
> Dear Marc and All,
>
> How many acres in the park have been weeded to 99% weed-free  
> conditions so far.  Sounds like a candidate for the 99% weed-free  
> club?
>
> There is a group in San Diego County is starting to talk about the  
> Brassica tournefortii invasion that has happened to our California  
> deserts and in our largest State Park at Anza Borrego, that you can  
> read about at http://www.ecoseeds.com/mustards.html where solid  
> square miles of the stuff has appeared as if by magic, and is  
> killing the desert wildflowers and shrubs.
>
> I am suggesting replanting the local native colonizers, to suppress  
> the mustard seeds from ever germinating, and if possible to set up  
> some small scale test plots (called microplots by other researchers)  
> with some of the
> 146 potential native species that we have in the area that might do  
> the job.
>
> The military in Arizona, on bases where they stockpile ammo, are  
> getting pretty nervous about a fire spreading weed like the mustards  
> getting established on their bases, but so far, have not seen any  
> contact with the restoration professional to fund some work on  
> getting the
> mustard-to-native conversion process started yet.   Just funding some
> university researchers so far, to map the spread towards their bases.
>
> Sincerely,  Craig Dremann (650) 325-7333
>
>
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