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Man vs. cane fight in Santa Ana River

Posted by: Maven on January 2, 2010 at 7:25 am

aundoFrom the Riverside Press-Enterprise:

“Riverside County has added a private agency in its fight against an old invader. The Board of Supervisors approved a $168,000 annual contract to hire Natures Image Inc. to remove arundo, a cane plant, from the Santa Ana River bottom, according to county documents.

The Lake Forest-based company will replace removal efforts now performed by the Riverside County Regional Park & Open-Space District.

The idea is to see how Natures Image works out over the next year, and then renew the contract for four more years at a cost of just more than $96,000 a year, Scott Bangle, general manager of the park and open-space district said Wednesday.

The county will look closely at Natures Image to see if the company can remove the invasive and highly prolific cane plant more cheaply than the district agency, Bangle said. … “

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Picture of arundo on the Santa Ana River by flickr photographer HoveringDog (Creative Commons).

January 2, 2010 · Filed Under Southern California

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