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Strategies

• Inventory parks and woodlots to be included in eradication program. Use the inventory list and past

professional ecological assessments to help develop and implement a plan of target areas and determine prioritization.

• Predetermine objectives and desired outcome.

• Identify invasives to control and assess control techniques to be used to achieve desired outcome.

• Determine the best method of evaluating and monitoring for long-term outcome. The success should be reviewed and techniques modified as needed.

• Identify the labor pool, including volunteers and contractual services.

Policy 9: Incorporate native plants into landscape design

Issues

• Using native plants is not always practical in a formal landscape bed.

• The aesthetics of landscape design are subjective.

Strategies

• Balance various viewpoints regarding the benefits and aesthetics of using native plants in landscaping design.

• In natural areas, such as buffers and stream corridors, native plants should be the preferred choice. In formal landscape beds native plant material will be used when deemed appropriate.

• In areas designated for development, volunteers groups such as the Plant Salvage Team can help salvage native and rare plants. Efforts should be made to transfer the plants to either landscape beds or natural areas on public lands. Trained personnel must be involved in this effort, due to their understanding of individual plants’ needs.

• Continue educational activities, including the Earth Week activities that focus on native plantings and working with school and volunteer groups to help plant areas.

• Encourage preservation and restoration of existing native plant associations and formation of new communities, which includes improving areas in which native plants have deteriorated due to development or former farming practices.