On Long Island, there are many preserves that are overrun, unmaintained, and have lost many of their native plants. I do not know the laws surrounding removal of introduced species in public spaces(non-State run), and also if this could potentially spread more invasives. For example, a preserve near…

Typically, you should reach out the land managers directly to get involved to help remove them. So look up who manages which preserve and ask if they are having any invasive removal days or if you would be allowed to remove some of the invasives on your own. You might get in trouble tearing out a bu…

There’s also a forgiveness/permission issue here. My inclination (speaking only for myself and not anyone else) would be to reach out to whoever manages the preserve and say “I would like to volunteer. Ideally I’d like to help plant natives and remove invasives. In the meantime I’ll go ahead and re…

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Allowed? Probably not unless you have the proper permission (to plant or remove plants). As to the question of whether or not you should do it, it depends on the ecological context as well as your own opinions. I’m partial to guerrilla native planting wherever possible, although I tend to stay away …

I can’t speak for the park that you’re thinking of, but speaking from the perspective of the groups that I work with, if you pulled and said “I know what garlic mustard is, would it be alright I pulled a lot of it?” most of them would be pretty happy. But they probably would want you on one of thei…

[image] bri-k: guerrilla native planting Please. Don’t. South Africa managed to retrieve extinct in the wild Erica verticillata from various botanical gardens around the world. Carefully nurtured stock to replant in the wild. Watched the new little plants grow! And some ‘kind’ person plante…

This is all good advice. I just wanted to push back a bit against a general perception that planting is easier than weeding. In my view, it’s usually the other way around. That’s the case when we value wild nature for being wild, and are planting to attempt to restore lost ecological integrity of s…

I’d like to clarify what I meant by “ecological context”: I think it’s fine to plant native plants in a city park, vacant lot, or any other locations that are overrun with invasive/non-native plants and are heavily influenced by humans. It is never good to plant anything (including native plants) th…

(I edited the title of the topic as it’s not directly related to iNat) Agree that it’s best to contact whoever manages the land in question and to really think about whether you’d be doing net good (as others have noted, there are often unintended consequences).

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yayemaster June 21, 2022, 1:14am 4

Thanks. The preserves are owned by Nassau County, and they don’t usually clean up invasives. I also do not know who to reach out to. Sometimes they will remove water chestnut, but never other invasives.

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