Sean C. Morgan
Japanese knotweed is a relatively new problem in Oregon, and it may have been caught early enough to be stopped, unlike its fellow non-native species, the Himalayan blackberry, Scotch broom and English ivy.
Jodi Lemmer, of the Lane Soil and Water Conservation District, and consultant Jeff Jone, who often works within the Siuslaw watershed, presented information on the knotweed and their efforts to control it at the Calapooia Watershed Council’s annual meeting…