NRPP Ivy Project

<body bgcolor=white text=black> <center><img src="images/RNSPGrafik.gif" width=200 height=85 alt="Redwood National and State Parks"><br> <h3>Removal of English Ivy and Other Shade-tolerant<br> Invasive Plants from the Parks' North District</h3> <pre> In September 2000, the Redwood National and State Parks began a three-year project to remove English ivy and other invasive, shade-tolerant plants from the parks' old-growth redwood forests. The project is in the parks' North District between Crescent City and Hiouchi where, in 2000, English ivy infested approximately 100 acres. So far the following has been accomplished: <img src="images/bullet.gif" alt="+"> An <a href= "REDW-Ivy.htm" alt="+">NRPP project proposal</A> was submitted in May 2000. <img src="images/bullet.gif" alt="+"> <a href= "ivy-maps.htm">Infestations were mapped</A> in summer 2000. <img src="images/bullet.gif" alt="+"> The project was selected and funded in September 2000. <img src="images/bullet.gif" alt="+"> Removal was started in the fall, funded by the parks. <img src="images/bullet.gif" alt="+"> The first year of NRPP funding arrived in April 2001. <img src="images/bullet.gif" alt="+"> A <a href= "summary-5-01.htm">preliminary status report</A> was prepared in May 2001. <img src="images/bullet.gif" alt="+"> A <a href= "NRPP-2001.htm">progress report</A> was prepared in December 2001. <img src="images/bullet.gif" alt="+"> <a href= "FAQ.htm">Frequently asked questions</A> (FAQ) </pre> <p> <a href="http://www.nps.gov/"><img src= "images/NPS.gif" width=75 height=100 border=0 alt="To National Park Service Home Page"></a> <a href="http://www.nps.gov/redw/"><img src= "images/RNSP.gif" width=100 height=100 border=0 alt="To Redwood National and State Parks Home Page"></a> <a href="http://www.parks.ca.gov/"><img src= "images/CDPR.gif" width=75 height=100 border=0 alt="To California Department of Parks and Recreation Home Page"></a> </p> <p><font size=1>http://www.nps.gov/redw/ivy-main.htm<br> Last update: May 1, 2002</font></p> </center> </body>