Current Programs: Michaux Center Plug-In ProgramsThe Michaux Conservancy is the Local Project Implementation Team Lead for the Place Matter’s Ecosystem-Based Management Demonstration Project (Packard Grant) which integrates Ecosystem-Based Management and decision process tools to analysis coastal hazards and community vulnerability. __________________________________________________ Michaux is also a Primary Education member for the Ashley-Cooper Stormwater Education Consortium that supports EPA National Pollution Discharge Elimination System II public involvement and public education requirements for communities that do not treat their stormwater. __________________________________________________ This past year, Michaux received a Community Forestry Financial Assistance Grant through the South Carolina Forestry Commission to survey 75 acres around Noisette Creek for native and invasive plants and trees. Also through the grant, the Conservancy was able to create educational materials for middle and high schools within North Charleston as well as for the general public on display inside the Michaux Center.
Education Materials: Invasive Plants Leaflets: Chinese Tallow Tree, Chinese Privet, Lantana, Japanese Privet, English Ivy, Kudzu, Thorny Olive, Japanese Honeysuckle, Giant Reed, White Mulberry Native and Invasive Plants Brochure Posters: Chinese Tallow Tree,Vegetation, Boundary,Trees, Overview of Project
Other events conducted through this grant: Native Plant Society Outing/Surveying Chinese Tallow Work and Demonstration
Thanks! We would like to extend thanks to Andrea Gramling, Angela Jones, Neil Jordan and Colette DeGarady for their creation of the educational materials. Thanks also go to the SC Forestry Commission, the City of North Charleston, the Noisette Company, Jeff Glitzensetin, Donna Streng, Joel Gramling and our partners for their support in this project. Partners in this project have been: The South Carolina Native Plant Society The Nature Conservancy Yeamans Hall Club SC Exotic Pest Plant Council
To request a copy of an Invasive Plants Powerpoint Tutorial or copies of final surveys, please contact Megan Barkes at (843) 529-3693.
*Funds for this Project were provided by the Community Forestry Financial Assistance Grant Program administered through the SC forestry Commission and funded by the USDA Forest Service. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, and marital or family status (not all prohibited basis apply to all programs). Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audio tape, etc.) should contact USDA's TARGET Center at 202-720-2600 (voice and TDD). To file a complaint of discrmination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, Room 326-A, Whitten Building, 14th and Independence Avenue, SW, Washington DC 20250-9410 or call 202-720-5964 (voice and TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
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