WE ARE MINDFULL OF THE NEED FOR PROGRESS, BUT IN A RESPONSIBLE FASHION. WE HAVE ATTEMPTED A CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN SMITHFIELD, RI WITH A 10 LOT PROJECT ON 35 ACRES, 75% OF WHICH WAS TO BE DEDICATED AS CONSERVATION LAND. THE ECONOMICS OF THE PROJECT HAVE FAILED, BUT IT HAS BEEN EDUCATIONAL.
AS PART OF OUR DEDICATION TO CONSERVATION, WE ARE INSISTENT ON ERADICATING INVASIVES FROM OUR PROPERTIES IN ORDER TO FOSTER NATIVE SPECIES. IT IS OUR CONCLUSION THAT IRRESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT IS THE CULPRIT IN THIS REGARD.... JUST LOOK ALONG THE SIDE OF HIGHWAYS IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND AND YOU WILL SEE THAT POISON IVY AND ASIAN BITTERSWEET HAVE PROLIFERATED, LEAVING ONLY A FEW NATIVE GRASSES AND FLOWERS.
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