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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCB Minutes 2024-06-06 cancellation TOWN OF ITHACA NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING 215 N. Tioga Street, Ithaca NY 14850 607-273-1747 www.townithacanygov TOWN OF ITHACA CONSERVATION BOARD JUNE 6, 2024 MEETING CANCELLED Notice is hereby given that the regular meeting of the Town of Ithaca Conservation Board, scheduled for Thursday,June 6, 2024, has been cancelled. The next regular meeting will be held on Thursday, August 1, 2024. The Town of Ithaca Conservation Board would like to invite the public to join them on Thursday, June 6th at 5:30 PM at the Town's East Ithaca Nature Preserve to learn about ten nasty invaders. Meet at the Shirley Raffensperger gazebo, near the junction of Joanne Drive and Park Lane. Native plants are suffering from invasive species that crowd them out and offer little or no nourishment to our native animals. The Conservation Board will focus on Ten Nasty Invaders, learning how to identify them and what tools and strategies we can use to manage: honeysuckle, privet, buckthorn, multiflora rose, oriental bittersweet, Japanese knotweed, autumn olive, Japanese barberry, swallowwort, and parsnip. After an introduction to the ten invasive species at the gazebo, we will hike around the East Ithaca Nature Preserve and the adjacent Pine Tree Wildlife Preserve to see what invasive plants are doing to our natural areas and to practice some invasive removal, focusing on the different tools and techniques for getting rid of them. This event is part of New York's annual Invasive Species Awareness Week (ISAW) and is sponsored by the Finger Lakes PRISM. Michael Smith Senior Planner Date: May 30, 2024