Natural Resources Specialist Paul Carlson, left, and Montgomery County Parks Forest Ecologist Carole Bergmann lead a Weed Warrior volunteer training, removing Oriental bittersweet and other invasive plants at Meadowside Nature Center in Rockville, Md. (Photo by Caitlin Finnerty/Chesapeake Bay Program)
Carole Bergmann started the Weed Warriors program in 1999 to enlist volunteers in the effort to tackle invasive plants across 36,000 acres of Montgomery County parkland. “I knew that I couldn’t possibly do all the things I wanted to do without getting more people involved and giving them more responsibility and control," Bergmann said. (Photo by Caitlin Finnerty/Chesapeake Bay Program)
Porcelainberry and other invasive vines can girdle native trees and shrubs, smothering plants and reducing the health of the forest. (Photo courtesy of Steve Guttman/Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED, cropped and toned)
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