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#1
NON-NATIVE PRIVET
#3
CHINABERRY
#6
CHINESE TALLOW LEAVES
PHOTOS COURTESY OF GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION
Revenue lost to treatment efforts?
A number of strategies and partner- ships are being utilized by the GFC to help mitigate the spread of these unwel- come plants, beginning with their point
of entry into Georgia.
United States Customs and Border
Protection Agriculture Specialists are on the front line at ports of entry, including Savannah, GA. Specialists check contain- ers, shipments, vessels and equipment for smuggled agricultural products or packag- ing materials that might contain invasive species that could harm American agri- culture and the environment.
“We look for anything that is out of place, looks odd or is moving,” said Milton King, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Supervisor Agriculture Specialist at Savannah Seaport. “The most common regulated plant materials found are federal noxious weeds, hitch-hiking insect and wood-boring pests, prohibited plants and prohibited animal products.”
GFC Forest Health Specialist Chris Barnes calls the Savannah and south- eastern area of the state “the Bermuda
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