Issue - items at meetings - Minutes of meeting Wednesday, 16 October 2019 of Chorley Liaison
Issue - meetings
Minutes of meeting Wednesday, 16 October 2019 of Chorley Liaison
Meeting: 15/01/2020 - Chorley Liaison (Item 2)
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Minutes:
Decision: That the minutes of meeting held on 16 October 2019 were confirmed as a correct record.
The Chair gave an update on Japanese Knotweed. 11 people have now been trained to treat knotweed and have gained city and guilds qualifications. They can also treat any other invasive weeds such as Hogweed, balsam etc.
The knotweed and hogweed sites are all in the process of being mapped on GIS. There is a national database that people can log sightings of knotweed on - all records of INNS should also be uploaded to the national database: https://ywt-data.org/inns-mapper/
There are no further people from across the Borough who are waiting for the training. The Council could carry out a further stem injection qualification should any of the people already trained are interested.
The first River Douglas Catchment Invasive Non Native Species (INNS) Advisory Group met in November and another meeting is planned at the end of Jan. There were lots of actions from the meeting and a funding bid has been put in. This steering group will be the main catalyst for taking forward co-ordinated action on knotweed and other invasives within the river catchment.
Knotweed is being treated when it starts to grow again in April/May.
The Chair explained that the item relating to the Youth Zone outreach project has been deferred to the next meeting.