Final Report...Happy Trails

Greetings all,

It has been a long season and now our project here at CVNP has officially been completed for this season.

Attached below is a copy of our Final Report where you'll find all the facts about our project.

A quick review of the data:

~ Two parks worked at: Cuyahoga Valley National Park (CVNP) in Northeast Ohio and Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial (LIBO) in Southern Indiana

~511.4 acres of area was covered for invasive plant treatment between CVNP and LIBO
434.7 acres were covered at CVNP
76.7 acres were covered at LIBO

~ 17 different invasive plant species were targeted at the sites

~ Seeds of 36 native plant were collected for storage

~ hundreds of volunteers worked with at over 10 volunteer events

~ 4562.3 oz of stump herbicide mix used for cut stump treatment of larger invasive shrubs

~ 2281.15 oz of foliar herbicide mix for foliar spray (with backpack sprayers)

~ Contacts and networking between Resource Management staff at CVNP and also across the midwest.

~ **Note this is not in the report but one day spent doing Fire-Monitoring Plots with Firemon groups at Wayne National Forest in Southern Ohio.

It has been a great season and we hope that it will continue at CVNP and that future crews can help with the battle to restore the area to what it once was.

We hope you all have a great season wherever you may be,

Happy Trails,

Our official name now: The SCA IPMT (Invasive Plant Managent Team)