Posted by: Sandy Steinman | March 17, 2021

Legislation Asks National Park Service To Focus On Native Plants

National Parks Traveler reports

Bipartisan legislation has been introduced into the U.S. Senate asking the National Park Service to “increase the use of native plant materials on lands it cares for,” but will climate change make those landscapes inhospitable for the natives and more suitable for invasives?

It’s not an unreasonable question. Put another way, “How long does it take a non-native to become a native” in the National Park System?

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