[RP TownTalk] 410

[Dwight Holmes]

Yes to the wildflowers!!!!!!



On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 9:49 AM Sarah Wayland <sarah.wayland at gmail.com>
wrote:

> What if we planted wildflowers in the median like Ladybird Johnson
> encouraged us to do? Then we could tell SHA that they don't have to mow!
>
> https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/ladybird.cfm
>
> As to Wells Run, I'm hoping someone who actually knows what is going on
> there will weigh in, but I know that the Army Corps of Engineers has
> changed their attitude towards our natural waterways from viewing them as
> "something to be controlled" to "something to be enhanced" so they can do
> what they naturally should do, without threatening peoples homes.
>
> -Sarah
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 9:26 AM Maureen Farrington <
> maureen.farrington at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I respectfully disagree... those "weeds" are acting as meadows,
>> essentially, which is prime pollinator habitat.  It would be awesome if we
>> could un-culvert Wells Run (the creek that runs through and under there)
>> and have those plants grow alongside. It would help immensely with our
>> flooding issues, too.
>>
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