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Nantucket Islands Land Bank wins approval to treat escaping bamboo at Madaket site with monitoring and herbicide conditions
Summary
The commission approved an invasive-species management permit for the Nantucket Islands Land Bank at 50–56 Madaket Road that authorizes mechanical cutting, mowing and licensed herbicide use, requires photo monitoring and annual reports, and grants an invasive-species waiver.
The Nantucket Conservation Commission voted unanimously Sept. 4 to approve an invasive-species management plan submitted by the Nantucket Islands Land Bank for four parcels at 50–56 Madaket Road, authorizing mechanical cutting, mowing and limited, labeled herbicide use to control bamboo and Japanese knotweed that are spreading from a contained stand.
Liz Phelps, representing the Land Bank, described the site as four adjoining parcels with a central stand of bamboo contained by a rhizome barrier and smaller clusters escaping into a meadow to…
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