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Keep Oconee County Beautiful describes multi-year invasive removal effort at Heritage Park
Summary
Keep Oconee County Beautiful briefed the Oconee County Board of Commissioners on a six-year volunteer program to remove invasive plants, focusing on autumn olive at Heritage Park and coordinated with local partners and Parks and Recreation.
Cindy Pritchard, executive director of Keep Oconee County Beautiful, told the Oconee County Board of Commissioners that a volunteer-driven invasive removal program at Heritage Park has continued for six years and remains active.
Pritchard said the project began after a tree inventory and a volunteer report of a heavy infestation of an invasive plant identified as autumn olive. She said the program is run in partnership with Athens Land Trust, Oconee Parks and Recreation, the Kelmack Saddle Club, the Parks Foundation and student volunteers.
The program uses a combination of cutting and targeted herbicide treatment timed to seasonal plant cycles,…
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