A walk around my property is a dead give-away that summer is really here. The non-irrigated grasses are dry and crackly. The buckeye trees are turning the yellow of dry summer dormancy, and if not…
Invasive plants beware; the Tolowa Dunes Stewards are after trespassers of all kinds in the Tolowa Dunes State Park, including English Ivy, Scotch Broom and English Holly.
Most recently, the stewards were hunting Scotch Broom â a bush native to Europe with distinct, bright yellow flowers. Scotch Broom can grow up to 10 feet tall and individual plants can produce up to 10,000 seeds in a season, meaning it can easily choke out native plants like the Tolowa Coast Wallflower â a short, yellow flower which could be endemic to this region, said Sandra Jelabek, organizer of the Tolowa Dunes Stewards.
Jerabek said removing invasive plants is an opportunity to balance the area, and to correct past mistakes. She cited the 1853 Yontocket Massacre, the killing of hundreds of native Tolowa people at the hands of European settlers.
Crews extinguish fire near Hardscrabble Road
The Hardscrabble Road Fire went on to burn approximately three acres of grass, brush and Scotch Broom before crews contained the blaze.
Posted: Apr 17, 2021 9:31 AM
Updated: Apr 17, 2021 9:52 AM
Posted By: Michael Cerullo
DRAIN, Ore. Crews from the Douglas Forest Protective Association and North Douglas County Fire and EMS extinguished a natural cover fire Friday evening that was located about two miles northwest of Drain, near Hardscrabble Road.
Firefighters arrived to the scene around 6:40 p.m. and reported that the fire was about one and a half acres in size and slowly backing down the hillside. Crews remained at the scene until 9:30 p.m., securing the perimeter of the fire.
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Volunteers to nip Barrington Tops’ environmental weeds in bud
National Parks and Wildlife Service are calling for all hands on deck this autumn to help remove environmental weeds from Barrington Tops National Park.
National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) Bush Regeneration and Volunteering Officer Boyd Carney said the Carters Road Wildfire, which impacted the southern end of the Barrington Plateau had cleared the way for environmental weeds, like Scotch Broom, to thrive.
“More than 4000 hectares of the Gondwana Rainforests World Heritage Area on the Barrington Tops was impacted by the “Black Summer” bushfires.
“With the fire damaging or destroying swathes of native vegetation, and stimulating seed germination, Scotch Broom has sprung up across the park, outcompeting our precious native plants in some areas.