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News: Invasive Ludwigia Control Demonstration |
Demo: Invasive Water Primrose (Ludwigia hexapetala) Control Demonstration | September 24 2009: Green Away Plant Control demonstrates the eradication and control of an invasive plant Water Primrose (Ludwigia hexapetala) along the Laguna de Santa Rosa. We demonstrate a number of vegetation management strategies such as:
- Harvesting - Using HMO to cut the Ludwigia for harvesting and for preparing the biomass for bioconversion
- Hydro-tilling - Using HMO to obliterate and till the disentegrated plant matter back into the soil
- Caloric Frustration - Repeated obliteration of plant foliage and outer stem layers (cortex and epidermis) to eradicate the plant through caloric frustration.
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NSFPO Demo: Thursday April 9th in Fairfield |
HMO Video Footage from the NSFPO Demo | On Thursday, April 9th at 10:00 am, we gave a live demonstration of HMO to the Napa/Solano Fire Prevention Officers Association (NSFPO) Fire Station 37, 1200 Kentucky Street, Fairfield, CA. At this event, we demonstrated: - Wet weed obliteration to down to bare earth
- Fuel modification in Juniper brush
- Grafitti (paint) removal from a concrete surface
- Weed removal in a drainage ditch
The NSFPO group is made up of fire and life safety professionals, building officials, fire sprinkler and alarm system industry representatives from within the Napa and Solano County area of Northern California. Its mission is to provide a clearinghouse for ideas, questions, and a way to share information on current fire, building, and life safety issues. | 
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Watershed Project/City of Richmond Demo |
Watershed Project/City of Richmond Demo
On Jan 19th at Shimada Friendship Park, Green Away volunteered it's services to help to improve the Richmond Shoreline along the Bay Trail. This day "on" for Martin Luther King National Day of Service we brought our 7,000 psi water only "Obliterator" tool remove pampas grass and fennel from the Bay Trail.
Pampas Grass obliteration demonstration video:
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National Park Service Demonstration |
Demonstration of Hydro-Mechanical Obliteration Technology for the National Park Service, Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Performed January 2008, off Highway 1 by Stinson Beach Lagoon (California). Cameron Colson demonstrates the efficacy of HMO by obliterating some Pampas grass. Maria Alverez a representative from the National Park Service was present.
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Weed Clearance for Saratoga Fire |
This is a demonstration of weed clearance for fire break management and an interview with Chief Vega and Captain Olson from Saratoga Fire
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Barbed Goat Grass Demo at UTC |
United Technology Corporation Barbed Goat Grass Demo on a 40% slope
This demonstration was part of a study by Biologist Christal Niederer (Biologist for Creekside Center for Earth observation) on the control of Barbed goatgrass (Aegilops triuncialis) at Coyote Ridge in South San Jose.
The study reports the efficacy of a number of control options (pulling, mowing, burning, chemical, grazing, and HMO) against Barbed goatgrass. The study was conducted on a conservation easement on the property of UTC (United Technology Corporation) in San Jose.
A full copy of that study can be downloaded here:
http://www.greenawaycontrol.com/other/utc_bgg_report_jun08.pdf
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