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Chapter 8
• Monitor floristic assessments for loss of diversity within assessed areas due to invasive species.
• Educate residents and employees about non-native invasive species.
• Utilize volunteers for management programs such as bluebird trails, invasive species removal, plant salvaging and plant installation.
• Implement ordinances prohibiting the installation of any plant on the State of Ohio’s invasive plant list.
• Promote native plantings and install educational gardens providing examples for residents.
Policy 25: Promote policy to restore or improve land adjacent to waterways
Issues
• Much of the green space was developed without water quality and diversification of flora and fauna in mind.
• Old practices of mowing to water edges do little to promote proper use by wildlife, stabilize banks along water ways improve water quality.
Strategies
• Educate residents/employees on the
benefits of land restoration and management.
• Restore riparian and buffer zones along waterways to stabilize banks, improve water quality and provide habitat.
• Restore habitat such as wetlands, woods and grasslands whenever feasible, improving diversity.
• Use plant salvaging, implemented by volunteers, from areas slated for development to diversify areas cleared of invasive species
• Implement ordinances prohibiting the installation of any plant on the State of Ohio’s invasive plant list.
• Promote native plantings and install educational gardens providing examples for residents.
Policy 1: Ensure park designers consider long-term costs, maintenance
Issues
• Initial park designs don’t necessarily take into account maintenance needs.
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