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Safeguarding the Appalachian Trail’s ash trees from invasive beetles

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By Luke Weir Verified
| The Mountaineer Verified
Matt Drury, the Appalachian Trail Conservancy’s Associate Director of Science and Stewardship, led a team to the Tennessee-North Carolina border. Equipped with specialized tools, the team set out to administer a preventative treatment that protects the Appalachian Trail’s ash trees from the deadly emerald ash borer, an invasive beetle that has devastated millions of ash trees across North America since its discovery in the U.S. in 2002.
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Invasive species strike team targets garlic mustard on Appalachian Trail

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By Luke Weir Verified
| The Mountaineer Verified
Volunteers joined a specialized strike team to eliminate invasive plants along the Appalachian Trail near the popular hiking destination Max Patch last month. A group of weed-pullers yanked and bagged 72 pounds of garlic mustard at Lemon Gap in late April with the the Appalachian Trail Conservancy’s Non-Native Invasive Species Strike Team.
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Casino or not: What to do about Roanoke's civic center?

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By Luke Weir Verified
| The Free Lance-Star Verified
Not 50 years after Roanoke razed the home of Kathleen Vaughn Ross to clear 35 additional parking spaces for its civic center, the big building needs expensive updates, while a proposal to help revive the property is mired by negative public opinion. kAmr2D:?@ @C ?@E[ D@>6E9:?8 ?665D E@ 36 5@?6 E@ 96=A E96 q6C8=F?5 r6?E6C @? (:==:2>D@? #@25 :? ?@CE962DE #@2?@<6[ 4:EJ 4@F?4:= >6>36CD D2J] r@F?4:=>2? !92K9@?
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