Would love to see a 2/3 native requirement, but I’ll take 50% for starts!
Demetri_Dominov
We gotta grow more bamboo, just not there.
Coffee_24-7
We just put in place a prohibited plants list in our Township ordinance (basically the list of invasives determined by Michigan State Extension). We also require 50% native plants in all new developments.
NativeDave63
Imagine hearing different birds singing throughout the neighborhood. Seeing butterflies again and other beneficial insects. Every neighborhood should do that.
SomeDumbGamer
What’s insane is that we have native bamboo too.
It’s amazing actually. Absorbs 99% of agricultural runoff when planted near fields.
lambofgun
love it. so incredibly simple to implement
sotiredwontquit
Where is this bill proposed? I don’t recognize the place name in the article.
Lys_456
My family lives in this county!! I’m going to have them submit written testimony in its favor. Thank you!!
fairlyfairyfingers
This would incentivize installing smaller, more functional lawns, since developers typically don’t do a whole lot more than sod + 1 baby tree
Lys_456
I read the actual bill and it doesn’t say anything about requiring 50% native plants? Can someone please tell me what I’m missing?
trucker96961
This is really great. I wish more would do this. Every little bit helps.
Feralpudel
Eh…this is good but as progressive as Monkey Cty is they could have done better.
Cities like Winston Salem and Greensboro are doing some interesting stuff—I couldn’t find the link, but IIRC WS radically overhauled their approved planting list for developers to exclude invasives and include natives.
We even managed to do that in a little podunk super conservative little town in my county, thanks to a clever operative on the zoning board. 😎
Also, Audubon is tooting their own horn here, but we have an awesome NPS and very pro-native extension and Wildlife agencies.
It’ll be great if it passes. MoCo is bottom line developers on one side and NIMBYs on the other so if the carrot don’t work I’m okay with the stick lol. Some invasive species are out of control here, let’s get some wins for natives.
PizzaHutBookItChamp
Bills like these are really exciting, but I hope that have provisions to adjust what counts as a native plant as the climate changes and different plants begin to thrive in different regions.
barnett9
Wow, crazy to go on the internet and see good news these days
03263
Hmm I wonder if my state has anything like that. The parking lot trees at both my local Walmart and Home Depot are cockspur hawthorn which is a surprisingly good choice.
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Awesome! Get rid of that bamboo in particular.
Would love to see a 2/3 native requirement, but I’ll take 50% for starts!
We gotta grow more bamboo, just not there.
We just put in place a prohibited plants list in our Township ordinance (basically the list of invasives determined by Michigan State Extension). We also require 50% native plants in all new developments.
Imagine hearing different birds singing throughout the neighborhood. Seeing butterflies again and other beneficial insects. Every neighborhood should do that.
What’s insane is that we have native bamboo too.
It’s amazing actually. Absorbs 99% of agricultural runoff when planted near fields.
love it. so incredibly simple to implement
Where is this bill proposed? I don’t recognize the place name in the article.
My family lives in this county!! I’m going to have them submit written testimony in its favor. Thank you!!
This would incentivize installing smaller, more functional lawns, since developers typically don’t do a whole lot more than sod + 1 baby tree
I read the actual bill and it doesn’t say anything about requiring 50% native plants? Can someone please tell me what I’m missing?
This is really great. I wish more would do this. Every little bit helps.
Eh…this is good but as progressive as Monkey Cty is they could have done better.
Cities like Winston Salem and Greensboro are doing some interesting stuff—I couldn’t find the link, but IIRC WS radically overhauled their approved planting list for developers to exclude invasives and include natives.
We even managed to do that in a little podunk super conservative little town in my county, thanks to a clever operative on the zoning board. 😎
Also, Audubon is tooting their own horn here, but we have an awesome NPS and very pro-native extension and Wildlife agencies.
https://www.audubon.org/news/north-carolina-cities-get-native-plants-policies-thanks-chapter-advocacy
It’ll be great if it passes. MoCo is bottom line developers on one side and NIMBYs on the other so if the carrot don’t work I’m okay with the stick lol. Some invasive species are out of control here, let’s get some wins for natives.
Bills like these are really exciting, but I hope that have provisions to adjust what counts as a native plant as the climate changes and different plants begin to thrive in different regions.
Wow, crazy to go on the internet and see good news these days
Hmm I wonder if my state has anything like that. The parking lot trees at both my local Walmart and Home Depot are cockspur hawthorn which is a surprisingly good choice.