<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Like Marc Imlay, I also would recommend Invasive Plant Control (IPC) as a company for invasive plant management. In addition, I also strongly recommend that Dominion connect with Earth Sangha, a Northern Virginia-based non-profit, for their expertise in local native plants and ecosystem restoration. Earth Sangha has worked on meadow restoration projects and they run a local native plant nursery. Like many of us here in Northern Virginia, I am sure they view the W&OD Railroad trail and park as am important asset, and I expect they would be very interested in talking with Dominion about this concept. And I personally am very pleased to hear that Dominion is considering this kind of approach.<br><br></div>Earth Sangha's website is: <a href="http://www.earthsangha.org/">http://www.earthsangha.org/</a><br><br></div><div>and their key people are Chris and Lisa Bright, <a href="mailto:cbright@earthsangha.org">cbright@earthsangha.org</a> and <a href="mailto:lbright@earthsangha.org">lbright@earthsangha.org</a><br><br></div><div>Cheers,<br><br></div><div>Steve Young, VA<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 2:31 PM, Patricia Greenberg <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pgreenberg@reston.org" target="_blank">pgreenberg@reston.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">There is someone at Dominion Power trying to move the company from simply cutting trees under the utilities to removing invasives and promoting meadow-like habitat along the W&OD Trail. They need a local company that could do this type
of work for them over many years.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Has anyone worked with such a company or could recommend a group? They prefer a local company so that there is a stronger tie to restoring the area.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for your suggestions,<u></u><u></u></p>
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