RIVER PLANTS WILL BE KILLED NONNATIVES ARE TARGET.Byline: Patricia Farrell Aidem Staff Writer A long-term plan is being drafted to rid the Santa Clara River Santa Clara River may refer to:
The project will be up for public review later this month at hearings in Acton and Valencia to raise awareness about the environmental issues affecting the river. The goal of the Ventura Resource Conservation District and other local state and federal agencies is to rid the entire Santa Clara Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , beginning in Acton and working toward the coast, of Arrundo donax and a flowering shrub called tamarisk tamarisk (tăm`ərĭsk), shrub or small tree of the genus Tamarix, native chiefly to the Mediterranean area and to central Asia. The plants are often heathlike and thrive in arid and coastal regions. . The former is a bamboolike plant introduced to California a century ago as ornamental shrubbery, but one that sucks the water out of the river, dries into kindling kindling (kinˑ·dling), n change in brain function wherein repeated chemical or electrical stimuli induce seizures. kindling 1. parturition in the doe rabbit. in summer months and blocks the flow of water in storms. This winter's heavy rain resulted in flooding along state Highway 126, which follows the meandering river from Valencia to Oxnard, where it meets the Pacific. Huge piles of arrundo, which grows to be 20 to 25 feet high, were washed to the beach but not before damming sections of the river and sending torrents onto the highway. Arrundo also was blamed for the rapid spread of a 2003 fire that swept from Val Verde Val Verde may mean:
Now the fear is that the wet winter will cause the weed to proliferate, said Noreen Cabanting, project manager for the conservation district, the lead agency in the removal program. Arrundo is tough to eradicate because its roots quickly replant re·plant v. To reattach an organ, limb, or other body part surgically to the original site. n. An organ, limb, or body part that has been replanted. . The Ventura-based group plans to begin the removal effort upstream because the seeds carry southwest with the river flow. Information about the project is available at 222.vcrcd.org. IF YOU GO Two public hearings on a multi-agency effort to remove nonnative plants from the Santa Clara River are scheduled April 30 - at 10 a.m. at the Acton Community Club, 3748 Nickels Ave., Acton, and at 1 p.m. at Bridgeport Community Park, 23520 Bridgeport Lane, Valencia. CAPTION(S): box Box: IF YOU GO (see text) |
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