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Resident warns Blowing Rock council Japanese knotweed is close to becoming established, urges town-led eradication plan
Summary
A Blowing Rock resident told the council that Japanese knotweed has formed multiple colonies near town waterways and urged a town-led inventory and spring treatment plan to prevent permanent establishment.
David Goodson, a Blowing Rock resident and member of the town’s Appearance and Review Advisory Committee, told the council the invasive Japanese knotweed "is a major threat to the ecosystem and natural beauty to this town." Goodson showed photos and a map of colonies he located around Main Street, the Middle Fork headwaters and other public corridors and urged action before the plant resumes growth in spring.
Goodson summarized the plant’s life cycle and…
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