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Warm, wet winter is bad news for local water quality in 2020

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This year’s warm, wet winter will likely lead to an increase in the growth of aquatic weeds in local ponds and lakes and more algae blooms from nutrient-filled runoff washing into water bodies…[Read more]

URI Master Gardeners participate in the North American Poinsettia Trials and offer plants for sale to the public

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The URI Master Gardeners will make plants grown for the North American poinsettia trials available to the public at their annual poinsettia sale…[Read more]

‘Creating a Resilient Garden’ is theme of URI Master Gardener Symposium

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Those who are already thinking about – and looking forward to – the spring gardening season should consider getting a gardening motivation boost by attending the annual gardening symposium presented by…[Read more]

NRS professor finds that genome size affects whether plants become invasive

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A University of Rhode Island scientist who studies the invasive plant Phragmites was part of an international research team that found that the most significant factor in determining whether a plant will become invasive is the size of its genome…[Read more]

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