http://www.easternecho.com Usually, the greatest enemies of wetlands are humans, famous for draining or filling them in. But this time, that is not the case. This time the enemy is an invasive plant species known as Phragmites. At first glance, the average person will see just another plant. en-us Gryphon 2.3.1-dsw (pewabic)/Foundry5 Sat, 26 Feb 2011 08:44:42 -0500 webmaster@easternecho.com http://www.easternecho.com/index.php/comment/view/1718 Don’t just BURN that Phragmites. Use it as fuel! It can be pelletized and burned in generators, brewed into ethanol, made into SYNGAS or biochar. It can be composted. Just BURNING IT is a wasteful generation of greenhouse gas. It WILL be back! Unless some other weed takes over. Sat, 26 Feb 2011 07:33:41 -0500 http://www.easternecho.com/index.php/comment/view/1718 http://www.easternecho.com/index.php/comment/view/1720 Dear Steve, What you say is probably true, since I have not looked into how Phragmites may be used. However, they are generally not found in acre upon acre, like wheat, so they can be easily harvested for your suggestions to be put into effect. That is why I would have to agree with what David is quoting in the article. Many wetlands contain cat-tails, a native species, but if one were to try and harvest for any proposal, it would be very difficult and probaly not very cost effective. Sat, 26 Feb 2011 08:44:42 -0500 http://www.easternecho.com/index.php/comment/view/1720