Niagara Now covered Ontario’s $5-million investment to combat invasive phragmites, announced at NC’s Daniel J. Patterson Campus on September 23. Niagara partners, including NC, will receive a combined $83,000 to support local management efforts.
The article featured NC President Sean Kennedy, who highlighted the College’s progress in removing phragmites with help from students in its environmental programs, while emphasizing the need for additional funding and resources to expand these efforts.
“This is a type of project that we know we need to do, we want to do,” said Kennedy, who hopes to come as close as possible to clearing phragmites from campus within the next year or two.
Read the September 23 article here.
