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Commission wants action language to address buckthorn, multiflora rose and jumping worms
Summary
Members asked staff to replace passive language about invasive species with explicit action items encouraging property owners to remove buckthorn and multiflora rose, and to include invasive insects in the plan's biodiversity actions.
The commission agreed that the draft’s treatment of invasive species should move from description to active remediation guidance. Commissioners urged adding concrete steps—encouraging property owners to "cut down buckthorn, pull it out by the roots" and to take actions against multiflora rose and 'jumping worms'—instead of leaving invasive plants only as a descriptive problem.
Members also recommended listing invasive insects (for example, the Asian longhorned beetle) and adding a short implementation line noting that landowners should consult conservation district resources or available subsidy programs where they exist. One participant suggested adding local programs that subsidize removal work to make the recommendations actionable.
Staff said she would add explicit eradication bullets in the plant-diversity actions and coordinate language across the plan’s environment sections so the guidance appears consistently.
