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Community Involvement to Address a Long-standing Invasive Species Problem: Aspects of Civic Ecology in Practice

Rebecca W. Dolan, Kelly A. Harris and Mark Adler
Ecological Restoration September 2015, 33 (3) 316-325; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.33.3.316
Rebecca W. Dolan
Corresponding author, Butler University Friesner Herbarium, 4600 Sunset Ave., Indianapolis, IN, 46208, .
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Kelly A. Harris
Current Consulting LLC and Butler University Center for Urban Ecology, 4600 Sunset Ave., Indianapolis, IN, 46208.
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Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, Inc., 1029 Fletcher Ave #100, Indianapolis, IN, 46203.
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Invasive non-native species (INS) are found in every city around the globe, but their impacts in urban settings as biological agents of visual pollution that block views of natural landscapes and disconnect citizens from nature are not as often addressed as comprehensively as their impacts in natural areas or agricultural settings. The multiple impacts of INS in cities make them ideal candidates for aspects of Civic Ecology Practice, where local environmental stewardship action is taken to enhance green infrastructure and community well-being in urban and other human-dominated systems. We present details of a community driven program focused on removal of an INS, Amur bush honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii), from banks of a creek in Indianapolis, Indiana, in the midwestern USA. Unlike many civic ecology practices, this project was motivated by community response to the long-developing environmental, social, and economic impacts of an INS and includes involvement of a major corporation. In response to local residents’ concerns and following months of planning, over 2,000 volunteers removed more than 760 m3 of Amur bush honeysuckle from 30 acres of land along Fall Creek during a single day. The honeysuckle removal served ecological and environmental goals of removing an invasive species, but it also helped foster in citizens a sense of place and connection with Indianapolis’ waterways, reflecting local history and culture. Aspects of the project can serve as a model for action in other cities.

  • Indianapolis
  • invasive non-native species
  • Lonicera maackii
  • urban ecology
  • © 2015 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

This open access article is distributed under the terms of the CC-BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0) and is freely available online at http://er.uwpress.org

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Rebecca W. Dolan, Kelly A. Harris, Mark Adler
Ecological Restoration Sep 2015, 33 (3) 316-325; DOI: 10.3368/er.33.3.316

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Rebecca W. Dolan, Kelly A. Harris, Mark Adler
Ecological Restoration Sep 2015, 33 (3) 316-325; DOI: 10.3368/er.33.3.316
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