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Resident urges town support for Japanese barberry removal; commission points to MACC resources and volunteer crews
Summary
A resident, Ethan Leis, asked the conservation commission for resources to tackle widespread Japanese barberry infestations along waterways; staff pointed to the Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions (MACC) resources and advised filing a request for determination in buffer zones.
A Hampden resident urged the Town of Hampden Conservation Commission to help organize resources to remove invasive Japanese barberry that has spread along town waterways and riparian buffers.
"Around the town there's clearly a ton of Japanese barbar bushes...it's a compounding issue," resident Ethan Leis said, explaining that the shrubs produce large numbers of new plants and that infestations can be deep-rooted and difficult to eradicate. Leis said he had portions of his…
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