Advocacy Alert: Running Bamboo
Running bamboo is rapidly overtaking our natural areas and right-of-ways in northern Virginia
Tuesday February 22nd 3:30 pm
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at 3:30 p.m. to establish regulations on running bamboo, including establishing civil penalties.
The text for the Draft Ordinance can be found here (see page 87).
Many of you know that Golden bamboo (Phyllostachys aurea, aka Fishpole bamboo) is listed as invasive in Virginia and is wreaking havoc on our native plants and ecosystems across the state...please consider coming out in support of this legislation.
You may provide testimony at public hearings in person, in writing, by phone or video. Use the button below for more info and to sign-up.