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MOFGApedia Editor on November 30, 2011
Invasive plants haven’t taken over Maine’s woodlands yet, so now is the time to control them, said forester Barrie Brusila of Mid-Maine Forestry in Warren, Maine, during a workshop at MOFGA’s Common Ground Country Fair. She discussed common woody invasives and showed how to remove some with a Weed Wrench.
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Posted by
MOFGApedia Editor on June 01, 2009
The landscape of Maine has been altered almost beyond recognition over the last 400 years. I don't want to suggest that this land was some sort of Rousseau-like paradise before Europeans arrived or that change is inherently negative, but the land has been enormously changed by human activity. Among the most significant alterations has been the arrival of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of exotic species. While many of these introduced species have had minimal impact, some have produced substantial and undesirable consequences.
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