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Missourians Making a Difference: Interview with Valarie Kurre
Missourians Making a Difference: Interview with Valarie Kurre Photo of Valarie Kurre taken by Chancellor Kurre. What is your job title? How long have you been with SRISP, and what are your primary responsibilities? I am the Coordinator for the Scenic Rivers Invasive...
Invasive Plant Success Story: Kansas City WildLands Sites
With the ongoing challenge of controlling invasive plants in native habitats, along roadsides, on working lands, yards, around businesses, schools, and in parks, we can all use some good news! We hope that in reading these stories, you will have an added spring in...
Status of 2024 Missouri House and Senate Bills to Halt the Sale of Five Invasive Plants
The 2024 Missouri legislative session ended on May 17. Unfortunately, Missouri House Bill 2412 and Missouri Senate Bill 1281, to prohibit the sale of select invasive plants*, are now dead because they were not scheduled for votes on the House or the Senate floors....
Invasive to Watch This Month
Kudzu (Pueraria montana) is a climbing, semi-woody, perennial vine in the legume family. In Missouri, kudzu was planted along highways to control erosion mostly in select southern counties, mostly along highways and often draping over trees and other vegetation. It may be confused with other vines like native grape vines. Kudzu grows well under a wide range of conditions and in most soil types, except for saturated soils. Preferred habitats are forest edges, abandoned fields, roadsides, and disturbed areas, where sunlight is abundant.