Kansas City WildLands implemented a Missouri Bird Conservation Initiative Project. The project was designed to restore native habitat for birds and other wildlife in the urban bottomland forest along the Blue River. A large component of the restoration effort is directed toward the large-scale eradication of bush honeysuckle (Lonicera Maackii). An 85-acre section of bottomland forest - located in Kansas City, Missouri, along the Blue River - was identified as the focus for restoration efforts.

Adaptive Ecosystems, Inc. is continuing to provide invasive species eradication and natural area maintenance to KC WildLands and other clients and projects in the region.

KC WildLands Bush Honeysuckle Eradication

Kansas City WildLands implemented a Missouri Bird Conservation Initiative Project. The project was designed to restore native habitat for birds and other wildlife in the urban bottomland forest along the Blue River. A large component of the restoration effort is directed toward the large-scale eradication of bush honeysuckle (Lonicera Maackii). An 85-acre section of bottomland forest - located in Kansas City, Missouri, along the Blue River - was identified as the focus for restoration efforts.

Adaptive Ecosystems, Inc. was contracted to provide commercial pesticide applications to eradicate bush honeysuckle infestations on approximately 30 acres of the previously identified floodplain along the Blue River in Kansas City, Missouri. The bush honeysuckle was treated with an herbicide mix that combined the ability to kill the invasive populations
immediately and to prevent re-growth during the following spring growing season. Adaptive Ecosystems, Inc. also completed data collection on a series of preliminary monitoring plots in the project area to determine species density. Once general densities and age classes were identified, a permanent monitoring plot was established in the northernmost portion of the project area. The permanent monitoring plot was established in which stem counts could be completed annually to determine bush honeysuckle density/mortality and re-growth.

Adaptive Ecosystems, Inc. is continuing to provide invasive species eradication and natural area maintenance to KC WildLands and other clients and projects in the region.